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A fact from 1990 Back Bay, Massachusetts, train collision appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 July 2014, and was viewed approximately 4,350 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in the 1990 Back Bay rail accident, Amtrak's Night Owl jumped the track and hit an MBTA commuter train, causing both to jackknife through the tunnel roof to the street above?

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Article move[edit]

Sportsguy17 (talk · contribs) just moved this article from 1990 Back Bay rail accident to 1990 Massachusetts train collision on the grounds of "Standardized title". Is it though? Eyeballing Category:Derailments in the United States suggests that locales are often used in naming, and I find the original name far more helpful in locating the incident. Is there a guideline informing this? Mackensen (talk) 23:56, 31 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Mackensen: I moved the page on the basis that it was more or less a train collision. However, if this is more or less classified as a derailment, feel free to revert accordingly. My page move would only be considered standard if it is considered a collision and not a derailment. As for the guideline for this, I made the page move based on other similar page moves like 1996 Silver Spring, Maryland train collision to 1996 Maryland train collision, but again, if this accident isn't classified as a collision, then revert my page move as necessary. Sportsguy17 (T • C) 02:12, 1 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'd agree that it's a collision; I'm objecting to the Back Bay/Massachusetts portion. This is always referred to as the "Back Bay" collision, and as I indicated other articles tend to be located at the locality where the incident happened. Mackensen (talk) 02:28, 1 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Mackensen: I decided to add "Back Bay" to the title to clarify any confusion about the incident. Is this an acceptable title? Sportsguy17 (T • C) 03:54, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Third-party comment: this sounds like a good name to settle on. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 19:13, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]