1921 Lone Star Express Catastrophe
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| 1921 Lone Star Express Catastrophe | |
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| Details | |
| Date | 19 March 1921 8:07 PM |
| Location | Austin, Texas |
| Country |  United States |
| Operator | Central Gateway Turtle Railroad |
| Incident type | Collision at switch |
| Cause | Human error |
| Statistics | |
| Trains | 2 |
| Passengers | 744 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Deaths | 49 |
| Injuries | 379 |
| Damage | 1 CGTR 'Prarie' Type 8 Pullman Palace Coaches 1 CGTR 'Northern' Type 9 Barney and Smith Coaches |
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The 1921 Lone Star Express Catastrophe was a railway accident that occured on March 19th, 1921, in Austin, Texas, when CGTR's