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1997 Bohumil Hrabal, Czechoslovakian writer, storyteller, wrote hyper-realist texts, studied at Charles Univerisity in Prague, known for novels titled Closely Watched Trains and I Served the King of England, dies at 82

1994 1st trains for public run in English Channel Tunnel

1992 "2 Trains Running" closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City after 160 performances

1992 "2 Trains Running" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City for 160 performances

1989 Gas explodes near 2 passenger trains in U.S.S.R., kills 100s

1989 Leaking pipe of Asha, U.S.S.R. causes 2 trains to catch fire; 460 die

1988 3 trains collide in London, 40 die

1978 43 die as 2 express trains collide head-on south of Bologna, Italy

1975 2 passenger trains collided near Munich Germany killing 35

1972 2 passenger trains collide head-on killing 76, Seville, Spain

1964 1st driverless trains run on London Underground

1963 2 high-speed commuter trains collided with a derailed freight train

1960 2 passenger trains collided at high-speed killing 110 (Czechoslovakia)

1958 Buses replace Key System trains at 3 AM

1957 2 commuter trains collide in heavy fog killing 92 (St. John's England)

1955 Race segregation forbidden on trains and buses between U.S. states

1953 2 fast express trains crash head-on killing 103 (Czechoslovakia)

1952 2 trains collide with a derailed commuter train, kills 112 (England)

1950 2 self-propelled trains of Long Island RR collide, killing 77

1943 "Tamiami Champion" trains collide, kills 73 and injures 200

1940 Nazi's forbid Polish Jews to travel on trains

1934 Johnny Burnette, born in Memphis, guitarist, Trains Kept A-Rollin, You're 16

1918 2 German ammunition trains explode in Hamont Belgium, 1,750 die

1914 Bohumil Hrabal, born in Brno-Zidenice, Moravia, Czechoslovakian writer, storyteller, wrote hyper-realist texts, studied at Charles Univerisity in Prague, known for novels titled Closely Watched Trains and I Served the King of England

1910 2 trains crash in snow storm in Wellington Washington, 118 die

1910 3 passenger trains buried at Steven's Pass in Cascade Range. 118 die. Worst snow slide in U.S. history

1903 Ward Bond, born in Denver, Colorado, actor, Seth-Wagon Trains

1899 Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails, trains), dies at 76

1878 U.S. Supreme Court rules race separation on trains unconstitutional

1872 George Westinghouse, Jr. patents triple air brake for trains

1859 Georg Knorr, German engineer, brake system trains

1853 Completion of Grand Trunk Line, trains begin running over 1st North American railroad between Portland, Maine and Montreal

1822 Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer, rails/trains


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