This Day in Railroad History

September 11

2008

18 years ago

ConstructionSensitive Content

A major Channel Tunnel fire breaks out on a freight train, resulting in the c...

A major Channel Tunnel fire breaks out on a freight train, resulting in the closure of part of the tunnel for six months.

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1997

29 years ago

General

Kurkse tragedy: Fourteen Estonian soldiers of the Baltic Battalion are drowne...

Kurkse tragedy: Fourteen Estonian soldiers of the Baltic Battalion are drowned or die of hypothermia during a training exercise in the Kurkse Strait.

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