Stéblová train disaster, Czech Republic
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N 50° 05.530 E 015° 45.120
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Stéblová train disaster
Waymark Code: WMW2Q1
Location: Pardubický kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 07/02/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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The Stéblová train disaster was a railway accident that occurred on 14 November 1960 at 17:42 CET at single-track railway in Stéblová in Eastern Bohemia, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic). A passenger steam train 608 at speed 55 km/h abreast collided with a diesel railcar 653 at speed 60 km/h. 118 people died as a result of the accident and 110 were injured badly.

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