The Meråker train disaster occurred on 23 January 1941 at Meråker Station

Meråker Station

Meråker Station is a railway station on the Meråker Line in the village of Midtbygda in the municipality of Meråker in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The station was opened on 17 October 1881 as Meraker, and received the current name in 1 June 1919....

 on the Meråker Line in Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. A coke and coal train from Sweden lost its braking between the national border and Kopperå Station

Kopperå Station

Kopperå Station is a railway station on the Meråker Line in the village of Kopperå in the municipality of Meråker in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The station was opened on 1 April 1899 as Kopperaasen. It was renamed Kopperåen in April 1924...

. The six back cars plus the caboose derailed just west of Kopperå, while the locomotive and 17 other trains continued their wild flight. The train derailed at Meråker Station, killing both the engineer and the stoker.