Editing Gare Montparnasse (section)

==1895 derailment==
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[[File:Train wreck at Montparnasse 1895.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Granville–Paris Express wreck on 22 October 1895.]]
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The Gare Montparnasse became famous for the derailment on 22 October 1895 of the [[Granville, Manche|Granville]]–Paris Express, which overran the [[buffer stop]]. The engine careened across almost {{convert|30|m|ft|-1}} of the station concourse, crashed through a {{convert|60|cm|ft|0|adj=on}} thick wall, shot across a terrace and smashed out of the station, plummeting onto the Place de Rennes {{convert|10|m|ft|0}} below, where it stood on its nose. Two of the 131 passengers sustained injuries, along with the fireman and two conductors. The only fatality was a woman on the street below, Marie-Augustine Aguilard, who was temporarily taking over her husband's work duty while he went out to get the newspapers. She was killed by falling masonry.<ref>[http://danger-ahead.railfan.net/accidents/paris_1895.html Danger Ahead], retrieved 4 March 2009</ref> The railway company later paid for her funeral and provided a pension to look after her two children. The accident was caused by a faulty [[Westinghouse Air Brake Company|Westinghouse]] brake and the engine driver, who was trying to make up lost time.<ref>[http://failuremag.com/feature/article/lets_pause_for_a_station_break/ Let's pause for a station break] on Failure Magazine</ref>
A conductor was given a 25-[[French franc|franc]] fine and the engine driver a 50-franc fine.

Replicas of the train crash are recreated outside the Mundo a Vapor ("Steam World") museum chain buildings in Brazil, in the southernmost state, [[Rio Grande do Sul]], in the city of [[Canela, Rio Grande do Sul|Canela]].<ref>[http://james.lab6.com/2006/10/29/the-trainwreck-industry The Trainwreck Industry] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309023749/http://james.lab6.com/2006/10/29/the-trainwreck-industry |date=9 March 2009 }}, retrieved 4 March 2009</ref>
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