Historical Calamities | Train Wrecks
The Locomotive That Fell From Above
The French train derailment of 1895.
4 min readOct 8, 2020
Derailed
On the afternoon of October 22, 1895, chugging along its route was the Granville to Paris and Montparnasse express with 131 passengers aboard. However, it was notably running late despite earlier leaving on time from…
