Fabrica train crash explained

Fabrica train crash
Date:September 2, 1954
Time:16:13
Location:Fabrica, Sagay, Negros Occidental
Country:Philippines
Cause:Derailment and fall off bridge
Trains:1
Passengers:Unknown
Deaths:82
Injuries:Unknown
Footnotes:List of rail accidents in the Philippines

A train crash occurred on September 2, 1954 near Fabrica, Negros Occidental, Philippines, on the Insular Lumber Company's logging railroad, when a timber train carrying more than 100 passengers pulled by Mallet #7, "El Siete", derailed and multiple wagons fell off a bridge. At least 82 people were killed.

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