trainwrecks
34 photos tagged trainwrecks, from 5 members of Flickr Commons.
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The last upload was April 2011.
Train derailment in Youngstown: Bay County, Florida from Florida Memory uploaded April 2011
Wreck at Delray Beach from Florida Memory uploaded April 2011
Seaboard Air Line Railway train wreck from Florida Memory uploaded April 2011
Train derailment: Cedar Key from Florida Memory uploaded April 2011
Wreck on DeLand branch at foot of reverse curve from Florida Memory uploaded April 2011
Train wreck at trestle: Arcadia, Florida from Florida Memory uploaded March 2011
Wreck of engine 92 at DeLand, Florida from Florida Memory uploaded March 2011
Truck after a collision with a train from Florida Memory uploaded March 2011
Wreck of engine 92 at DeLand, Florida from Florida Memory uploaded March 2011
People stand near the train wreck: Lloyd, Florida from Florida Memory uploaded March 2011
Head on collision of steam locomotives near Sanford, Florida from Florida Memory uploaded March 2011
Train wreck: Holopaw, Florida from Florida Memory uploaded March 2011
Wreck of Georgia and Florida from Florida Memory uploaded March 2011
Florida East Coast Railway train wreck: Jupiter, Florida from Florida Memory uploaded March 2011
Train wreck: Jacksonville, Florida from Florida Memory uploaded March 2011
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New Haven R.R. wreck (LOC)
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Pixel Wrangler said:
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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Mary said:
Pixel Wrangler: Thanks for supplying further information and references. We'll upgrade our source data with the specifics and reload the description.
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technogeo said:
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.
Train wreck: Holopaw, Florida
from Florida Memory
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b0b said:
by then you'd think with their history, they would be learning?