Great East Thompson Train Wreck

42°00′32″N 71°48′33″W / 42.0089°N 71.8092°W / 42.0089; -71.8092

Great East Thompson Train Wreck
Details
Date	December 4, 1891 6:40 am
Location	Thompson, Connecticut
Country	United States
Operator	New York and New England Railroad
Incident type	Collision
Cause	Crew error
Statistics
Trains	4
Deaths	2

The Great East Thompson Train Wreck was a large rail disaster which occurred in East Thompson, Connecticut, on December 4, 1891. It was one of the most extensive train wrecks in American history, and the first of two to involve four trains. It happened on the New York and New England Railroad, which provided a shortcut from New York City to Boston by making a diagonal across Connecticut. The railroad is now abandoned, and most of its tracks removed.