Średni, occupied Poland. 130 people killed and over 100 wounded. December 27 – Slovakia – A train carrying German troops to the front derails near Stará Kremnička because of defective brakes. Derailment at high speed and subsequent fire and explosions of ammunition kill 370 passengers, with only 7 survivors, according to few available sources. A yearbook from a nearby train station notes more than 200 deaths. December 31 – United States – Bagley train wreck: Southern Pacific's Pacific Limited passenger train section, First 21, is forced to stop and then proceed slowly when a freight train ahead developed problems. Second 21, the train's mail section, is unaware of the problems ahead and continues at full speed and later slams into the back of First 21 near Ogden, Utah; 50 killed. 1945 January 10 – United Kingdom – Ballymacarrett rail crash: Collision in fog. 22 killed, 27 injured. January 11 – France – A collision at Rozières-sur-Mouzon, on the line between Nancy and Dijon, kills 23 people and injures 9. January 18 – France – At the branch-line terminus of Saint-Valery-en-Caux, a 45-car train full of American troops runs away and crashes through the buffer stop. One source says 84 people are killed and 226 injured; another says 89 killed and 152 injured. February 1 – Mexico – At El Cazadero in Querétaro, two passenger trains both going to the festival at San Juan de los Lagos collide and three of the cars catch fire; 127 are killed. February 4 – United Kingdom – King's Cross railway accident: A train for Leeds departs from platform 5 into the uphill Gasworks Tunnel, but begins sliding backwards on slippery rails, and with few lights in the tunnel, the driver does not notice. With the points changed behind the train, it is now moving toward the occupied platform 10. A signalman's attempt to divert it is a few seconds too late and derails the rear car (now leading) instead. It collides with a signal gantry, killing 2 passengers, and with the train in platform 10. March 6 – Canada – A Westbound Canadian Pacific Railway passenger train encounters a broken rail and all nine passenger cars derail at Zorra, Ontario. The first two cars of this train turn over while the remaining seven remained upright. March 22 – British India – In what is now Pakistan, a passenger train from Karachi to Rohri is