December 24 - In the Tangiwai disaster, the Tangiwai Railway Bridge collapses as the overnight express train between Wellington and New Zealand, passes over it; the bridge supports had been weakened by a lahar (a volcanic ash and debris filled flash flood) a few minutes before the train passed.
This article lists events related to railtransport that occurred in 1953.
January 15 - The brakes fail on Pennsylvania Railroad's westbound Federal Express passenger train; the train barrels through the end of track barriers and stationmaster's office at Union Station in Washington, DC, but nobody is killed in the accident.
December 24 - An express train in the Czech Republic whose crew fell asleep after several bottles of wine hits a commuter train at a station, killing 106 in the Šakvice train disaster.
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