Spectacular 1913 Train Collision

Spectacular head-on collision between 2 giant locomotives traveling at 90 miles an hour. This was one of the events at the 1913 California State Fair, and is from an old silent newsreel. You can get a Train Wreck T-Shirt or cap at Yowzers.com.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• 1913
• California
• Fair
• collision
• wreck
• train
• locomotive
• historical
• silent
• newsreel
• crash
• explode
• history
• crashes

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[Ilovejibblets]

Those trains could do 65 before they failed not 90

[Ilovejibblets]

Those trains could do 65 before they failed not 90

[zpunk81]

@doyouwantfries20 Yes, 90mph is possible if both trains are doing 45 then the combined speed would be 90mph.Also, remember that steam power is not the same as internal combustion power. the limiting factor is the weight of the train and how fast you can boil the water to feed the cylinders.The original land speed record for an automobile was originally set by a steam car. In 1940s PRR had a train, the T1 that would hit 140 between stops from NY to Chicago

[koolestkid3000]

Why would they do that?

[grayfox455]

Man, they could party one hundred years ago or what?

[doyouwantfries20]

Really? 90 mph. More like 15 those trains wernt designed to go that fast

[xoxksa]

0:13 DANG if that train's going 90 that guy must be running at least 45mph.

[geomodelrailroader]

Publicity stunt and illegal people got hurt from all the shrapnel

[RetroCaptain]

Good day

....The price of scrap iron dropped the following week!