Custer Creek train wreck
| Custer Creek train wreck | |
|---|---|
| Details | |
| Date | June 19, 1938 12.35 a.m. |
| Location | Prairie County, near Saugus, Montana |
| Country | United States |
| Operator | Milwaukee Road |
| Incident type | Bridge collapse |
| Cause | Cloudburst |
| Statistics | |
| Trains | 1 |
| Passengers | 155 |
| Deaths | 49 |
| Injured | 75 |
The Custer Creek train wreck (sometimes called the Saugus train wreck) is the worst rail disaster in Montana history. It occurred on June 19, 1938 when a bridge, its foundations washed away by a flash flood, collapsed beneath Milwaukee Road's Olympian as it crossed Custer Creek, near Saugus, Montana, south-west of Terry, killing 49 people.