Meråker train derailment

The Meråker train disaster occurred on 23 January 1941 at Meråker Station on the Meråker Line in Norway. A coke and coal train from Sweden lost its braking between the national border and Kopperå Station. The six back cars plus the caboose derailed just west of Kopperå, while the locomotive and 17 other trains continued their wild flight. The train derailed at Meråker Station, killing both the engineer and the stoker.^[1]

References

↑ Røe, Tormod (1982). Merakerbanen 100 år. Historielaga i Stjørdalsføret. p. 53. ISBN 82-990879-0-2.

Railway accidents in Norway

Nidareid (1921) Hommelvik (1940) Meråker (1941) Operation Woodlark (1945) Hjuksebø (1950) Strømsveien (1958) Tretten (1975) Tåsen (1992) Åsta (2000) Sjursøya (2010) Skotterud (2010) Hallingskeid (2011)

Railway accidents in 1941 (1941)

Location and date	Meråker, Norway (23 January) Montreal, Canada (9 August) Eccles, United Kingdom (30 December)

1940 1942

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