The First Railroad Accident

July 25, 2026 Railfanning.org Digital Library

Overview

One person was killed and three others injured after a cable snapped on the incline Granite Railway near Quincy, Massachusetts. It is generally regarded as the country’s first fatal railroad accident.

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Date
July 25, 1832

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