April 30, 2009 trim 
I will remove some less notable or unsourced events from the list and put them here. Feelfree to discuss. I have rough criteria in mind, but typing them would be too long.  01:02, April 30 2009 (UTC) The years are missing from the copied elements. 

 January 13 - A passenger train derail in Awash, Ethiopia, kills at least 428 and injures at least 500 with worst railroad disaster in African nation's history. 
 September 11 - Two passenger trains collision in Viseu, Portugal and kills 118, injures 145.