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was dispatched from the Niri station after passing Route 221 (another train operated on the opposite direction, from
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Depending on the source, there were 240, 275 or 360 people killed, including four crew-members. The railway was blocked until a temporary bridge was completed on July 24. After the opening of the new
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No. 13, post office van No. 12, and passenger car No. 11 fell into the river. Passenger cars No. 10 and No. 9 crashed into the river bank. Passenger car No. 8 derailed in the tunnel and overturned outside of the tunnel exit.
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tried to make an emergency stop, but failed due to steep gradients of the rail before the bridge (at 14‰). As a result, the two diesel locomotives,
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province. More than 200 died in the accident while 146 were injured. It is the worst train disaster in the history of the
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occurred on July 9, 1981, when train number 442 passed the failed
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Nainaibao tunnel was abandoned. The bridge piers still stand today.
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1005:"历史上的今天:成昆铁路发生列车坠桥事故"
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942:References
894:Dadu River
366:Dadu River
122:Statistics
381:Liangshan
905:Geliping
890:mudslide
742:Geliping
117:Mudslide
98:Operator
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62:Location
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795:Guiyang
767:Kunming
287:Hanyuan
238:Chengdu
143:Injured
78:Country
71:Sichuan
39:Details
282:Wusihe
166:Legend
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127:Trains
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912:442.
884:Crash
374:Ya'an
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