Angola Horror Train Disaster

Date: December 18, 1867 • Location: Angola, United States

In Angola, New York, the last coach of a Lake Shore Railway train derailed, plunged 40 feet (12 m) down a gully, and caught fire, resulting in approximately 49 deaths.

Angola is a village in the town of Evans in Erie County, New York, United States. Located 2 miles (3 km) east of Lake Erie, the village is 22 miles (35 km) southwest of downtown Buffalo. As of the 2020 census, Angola had a population of 2,046. An unincorporated community known as Angola on the Lake, with a population of 1,675, lies between Angola village and Lake Erie.