This is the famous 1895 train wreck at Gare Montparnasse in Paris, France. The only fatality was a woman on the sidewalk below who was hit by falling masonry. How unlucky do you have to be to get killed by a train coming through the 2nd floor of a building?! The locomotive’s engineer was fined 50 francs for going too fast. Waaay too fast. The fine could have been larger but he did get into the station on time.
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The train wreck below is actually the front entrance to the Mundo A Vapor (Steam World) theme park in Canela, Brazil. Those Brazilians … they’re such kidders.
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