trainaccidents

This was an accident at Stamford, Connecticut, on June 12, 1913. A west-bound express train from Boston apparently did not stop for a signal, and rammed into the (wooden) Skylark chair-car (pictured above), that was stopped at Stamford Station, killing six people and injuring dozens more. There was an extensive investigation amid differing claims that the brakes were either faulty, or were in excellent condition. — excerpted from New York Times. This accident appears to mark the end of major railroads using wooden coaches, with all steel construction becoming the norm.[1] (Note the large wheels of the locomotive are under the wooden coach car.)  

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Ghastly. The engine went more than half way through the passenger car. Interesting that the locomotive wasn't damaged in the collision. Two days later its brakes were tested at full speed by a panel of experts. The engine appears to be a 4-6-2 (Pacific) locomotive.

Here is a story about a B&O wreck at Terra Cotta station in Washington, but the date was 12/31/06; why would it be mixed in with photos from 1912? query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9803E2DC1331E7... Here is a map of where the Terra Cotta station was (not sure if that is what we are looking at or not); looks like its not far from the Naval Observatory. www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=38.9508333333&lon=-77.00...

They don't seem to match up: the accident reported in the article happened in December and the photo appears to have been taken in the summer.

Good point!

Wow...excellent shot.. Enrique

Should be Great Northern in the photo title :)

Thanks for catching that Gene.

I've confirmed this as the Index-Galena Lumber Co #2, a 3-truck Climax (Class C) that rolled over on the logging railroad near Index, WA in 1926.

It's definitely NOT on Great Northern RR tracks!