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Woodbridge train derailment
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DateFebruary 6, 1951
5:43 pm
LocationWoodbridge, New Jersey
Coordinates40°33′06″N 74°16′35″W / 40.5518°N 74.2764°W / 40.5518; -74.2764
CountryUnited States
LineNorth Jersey Coast Line
OperatorPennsylvania Railroad
Incident typeDerailment at diversion
CauseExcessive speed
Statistics
Trains1
Deaths85
Injured~500

On February 6, 1951, a Pennsylvania Railroad train derailed on a temporary wooden trestle in Woodbridge, New Jersey, United States, killing 85 passengers. It remains New Jersey's deadliest train wreck, the deadliest U.S. derailment since 1918 and the deadliest peacetime rail disaster in the U.S. history.[1]

  1. ^ "The Nation: Disaster at Woodbridge". The New York Times. February 11, 1951. Retrieved September 18, 2018.

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