Rail Class 303 commuter trains collide just east of Bellgrove station in the East End of Glasgow. May 12 - The San Bernardino train disaster occurs in San Bernardino, California, leaving six dead. June 4 - Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 645 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline. Deaths November deaths November 15 - William N. Deramus III, president of Chicago Great Western Railway 1949–1957, Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad 1957–1961, Kansas City Southern Railway 1961–1973, dies (b. 1915). December deaths December 6 - C. L. Dellums, cofounder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (b. 1900). December 26 - Buck Crump, president of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, 1955–1964 and 1966 (b. 1904). References