About 4:15 p.m. on August 11, 1981, Boston & Maine Corporation freight train Extra 1731 East and Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority westbound commuter train No. 570 collided head-on on the former Boston & Maine Corporation tracks near Prides Crossing, Beverly, Massachusetts. The train dispatcher allowed Extra 1731 East, a yard switcher, to enter onto the main track because he understood that a coworker would instruct the train to clear the main track for westbound No. 570. The coworker did not have the same understanding about the train's routing as the dispatcher, and Extra 1731 East was allowed to proceed eastward on the same track on which No. 570 had been authorized to proceed westward. The engineer of No. 570 and two trainmen and an unauthorized passenger on Extra 1731 East were killed. The engineer and foreman of Extra 1731 East, and the conductor, the trainman, and 28 passengers on No. 570 were injured. Damage was estimated at $1,683,200.
Railroad Accident Report - Head-On Collision of Boston and Maine Corporation Extra 1731 East and Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Train No. 570 on Former Boston and Maine Corporation Tracks, Beverly, Massachusetts, August 11, 1981
1982
56 pages
Report
No indication
English
Transportation Safety , Railroad Transportation , Railroads , Accident investigations , Collisions , Casualties , Injuries , Damage , Passenger transportation , Cargo transportation , Massachusetts , Railroad accidents , Head on collisions , Beverly(Massachusetts) , Human factors , Commuter transportation
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Engineering Index Backfile | 1898
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Engineering Index Backfile | 1898
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Engineering Index Backfile | 1898