1967 New York City freight train collision

Train accident February 2025 On May 22, 1967, two New York Central Railroad freight trains collided head-on on the West 30th Street Branch line in Manhattan, New York City. That morning track two of the line was closed for repair, and so trains were single-tracking on track one. A 15-car, three-engine train traveling south from Syracuse, New York, collided with a northbound 60-car, four-engine train on a curve just south of 147th street, killing six crew members—three from each trainZambito Thomas C. 50 years ago: Manhattan rail crash claimed the lives of Hudson Valley men The Journal News May 21, 2017 https://www.lohud.com/story/news/2017/05/21/50-years-ago-manhattan-rail-crash-claimed-lives-hudson-valley-men/332834001/ July 11, 2022Keefe Kevin Fifty years of the NTSB April 3, 2017 Trains.com https://cs.trains.com/ctr/b/mileposts/archive/2017/04/03/fifty-years-of-the-ntsb.aspx July 11, 2022 Both trains were traveling around 40 mph. This was the first accident investigated by the newly-formed U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, which blamed the New York City 72nd Street tower operator for failing to restrict the movement of the northbound train, along with other contributing dispatcher and operator errors.National Transportation Safety Board National Transportation Safety Board New York Central Railroad Company: Train 1/NY-4 Extra 2020 East and Train ND-5 Extra 5305 West Head-on Collision: New York City, New York: May 22, 1967 U.S. Department of Transportation December 29, 1967 https://www.jonroma.net/media/rail/accident/usa/ntsb/RAR1967A.pdf References 40 49 42 N 73 57 6 W type:landmark_region:US-NY title Category:1967 disasters in the United States Category:1967 in New York City Category:Accidents and incidents involving New York Central Railroad Category:Railway accidents and incidents in New York City Category:Railway accidents in 1967 Category:1960s in Manhattan Category:May 1967 in the United States