The Borki train disaster occurred on October 29, 1888 (N.S.), near Borki station in the former Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Birky, Chuhuiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine), 295 kilometers south of Kursk, when the imperial train carrying Tsar Alexander III of Russia and his family from Crimea to Saint Petersburg derailed at high speed.
Steam locomotive number 1.The first in the lineup was the Siegl T-164 freight locomotive. (Three-axle freight locomotive of foreign construction, built at the Siegl plant in Vienna, Austria). Steam locomotive number 2. Passenger locomotive P-41 (Kolomensky plant of the Struve brothers).The royal train consisted of 14 eight-wheeled and one six-wheeled carriage. The length of the composition is 302 meters. The cars were connected by covered walkways.Locomotive. The train was driven by two locomotives. The first is the commercial T.164. The second is passenger P 41.wagon 1). Immediately behind the steam locomotives there was a baggage car, in which there was a small power plant for lighting the train.wagon 2). workshop wagonwagon 3). wagon of the Minister of Railwayswagon 4). 2nd class car for employees