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Post by Adam on Apr 28, 2024 23:16:37 GMT
Nice compilation of historical wreckage photos, remastered, in video form.
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Post by redjimmy1955 on Apr 30, 2024 15:11:21 GMT
Bear with me, as I haven't looked at this video (I'm at work...wink...wink)! A somewhat lesser known historic train wreck occurred in 1946 at my hometown of Naperville, Illinois. It was so bad that it resulted in permanent speed restrictions on trains. Essentially one Zephyr plowed into the rear of another one at or nearly 70 mph. My facts might be bit off, yet the story was often repeated while living there 1955 - 1973.
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Post by af3020 on Apr 30, 2024 19:56:24 GMT
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Post by firewood on May 1, 2024 3:43:25 GMT
Great photo series. I guess posing in front of train wrecks dressed for the camera in our Sunday best is frowned on these days… 😉
Dave
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Post by Adam on May 3, 2024 21:38:42 GMT
Great photo series. I guess posing in front of train wrecks dressed for the camera in our Sunday best is frowned on these days… 😉 Dave That’s a good point and that didn’t dawn on me when watching it. I guess the opportunity to be photographed was pretty rare on those days so people wanted to look their best, even with a disaster as their backdrop. Very odd. |
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Post by Traindiesel! on May 9, 2024 1:46:39 GMT
I believe that’s just how people dressed everyday during those times. They didn’t have t shirts.
Those were some fairly gruesome crashes.
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Post by rtraincollector on May 9, 2024 2:00:44 GMT
When I was in high school, I remember it being on a weekend but a GG! went threw a switch tower in Paoli, PA. My father and I went to see it, and he took pictures but they didn't come out, it was a complicated camera to use.
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Post by Traindiesel! on May 9, 2024 7:41:49 GMT
Speaking of GG1 wrecks, there was the 1943 PRR Congressional crash on the Northeast Corridor in Philly. Pretty deadly. PRR Congressional Crash |
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Post by JDaddy on May 9, 2024 14:50:07 GMT
I really enjoyed this story of the wreck of the Broker... Very good video and review. Amazing about the people, rescuers, and investigation... youtu.be/jqKndUXSRdI |
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Post by oace on May 10, 2024 22:32:25 GMT
Possibly the most spectacular train wreck that occured in France was this one :   It was in Paris, 22 Oct. 1895, Gare de l'Ouest (today Gare Montparnasse) : a train from the Compagnie des Chemins de Fer de l'Ouest could not brake and stop, despite reversing the direction of the locomotive... OACE |
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Post by Traindiesel! on May 10, 2024 22:51:22 GMT
That’s an OWWIE!
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Post by Adam on May 10, 2024 23:21:30 GMT
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