This Day in Railroad History

March 3

1944

82 years ago

Construction

A freight train carrying stowaway passengers stalls in a tunnel shortly after...

A freight train carrying stowaway passengers stalls in a tunnel shortly after departing from Balvano, Basilicata, Italy just after midnight, with 517 dying from carbon monoxide poisoning.

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