Aitrang
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Aitrang ( ) is a municipality in the district of Ostallgäu in Bavaria in Germany.
Aitrang ( ) is a municipality in the district of Ostallgäu in Bavaria in Germany. ==Major rail accident== 9 February 1971 – During the inter city journey of the Trans-Europ Express (TEE) 56 Bavaria from Munich Hbf to Zürich HB a serious accident occurred with the loss of 28 lives. A further 42 were injured. The train was formed of an SBB-CFF-FFS RAm TEE I four-car diesel train with the driving trailer leading, and with the power car pushing from the rear. After passing the small station "Aitrang" (where the TEE did not need to stop) the train continued into a very sharp curve in a narrow gorge between two hills at a speed of approximately where a maximum speed of only was permitted. It subsequently derailed and uprooted both its own tracks as well as the oncoming tracks before four-car train rolled down the dip into the stream and road that also shared the same path through the hills. A short while later and before anyone could prevent it, a pair of Uerdingen railbuses coming from Kempten came around the bend and into the debris of the crashed train. They were unable to determine the cause of the disaster (see Eisenbahnunfall von Aitrang on German Wikipedia for more details). Warburg Institute Iconographic Database (images of the interior of St Alban's church)
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