Gare Montparnasse - 1895 derailment

No 'Hugo' do Scorsese há uma cena espectacular em que um comboio não consegue travar e sai disparado pela estação fora até à rua. Pois, esse acidente foi mesmo real e aconteceu em Paris em 1895 como esta foto demonstra.

The Gare Montparnasse became famous for a derailment on 22 October 1895 of the Granville–Paris Express that overran the buffer stop. The engine careened across almost 30 metres (100 ft) of the station concourse, crashed through a 60-centimetre (2 ft) thick wall, shot across a terrace and sailed out of the station, plummeting onto the Place de Rennes 10 metres (33 ft) below, where it stood on its nose. Two of the 131 passengers sustained injuries, along with the fireman and two conductors. The only fatality was a woman on the street below who was killed by falling masonry. Esta é sequência brilhantemente realizada pelo Scorsese.