1879 Tay Bridge wreck

The Tay Bridge train wreck was a devastating train wreck that happened in the early years of railroading.

What happened
A passenger train had left the station early in the morning with locomotive number 224. But what they didn't know was that there was a 70 mph storm coming through the area, and it was rattling the bridge. The first train before 224 came over the bridge with sparks flying from the tracks. When 224 came over the Tay Bridge, the bridge couldn't handle the storm and the weight of the train, the bridge snapped and all the coaches and engines were jammed in the bridge girders, and everyone on the train died.

Aftermath
224 was pulled out of the Tay Bridge girder, and repaired, but was later scrapped in 1919. The coaches were completely ripped apart, and scrapped.