Canaan NH wreck 8/49

Has anyone ever seen picture of this wreck? I've seen the aftermath photos on NERAIL but no shots from the scene.

I wasn't even aware that there was a wreck. Was it freight or passenger or both? I'll have to check out the aftermath photos on NERail.

I have no details. I have only seen a picture of an F unit on NERAIL that states it was wrecked in Canaan NH 8/49. I'd like to know more, but I've been unable to find any other details.

Greg

ICC Investigation 3272 re accident at Canaan, NH on August 19, 1949:

http://dotlibrary1.specialcollection.ne ... H\3272.PDF

Bob

EDIT: Hmmm ... not sure why the entire link above isn't active. Try this for the summary (which includes link to full PDF version), or cut & paste above

http://dotlibrary1.specialcollection.ne ... _railroads

See 1949 and then Boston & Maine

Bob, that is an incredible resource! How'd you find that? Thanks for posting that up.

Greg

Not a lucky NH town

Canaan was the site of a famous train wreck on September 15, 1907. Four miles north of Canaan Station, the southbound Quebec to Boston express, heavily loaded with passengers returning from the Sherbrooke Fair, collided head-on with a northbound Boston & Maine freight train. Twenty-five people perished, and an equal number were seriously injured. Cause of the accident was "due to a mistake in train dispatcher's orders"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Trai ... an,_NH.jpg

re: "Canaan was the site of a famous train wreck on September 15, 1907."

What an odd picture to put on a postcard.

Oddly enough, I found my own pictures. I was taking some left behind magazines out of my parents' house and found an issue of the B&M Bullitin and low and behold, here's an article about the accident with pictures. Who knew.....?

Greg

svobronco wrote:Oddly enough, I found my own pictures. I was taking some left behind magazines out of my parents' house and found an issue of the B&M Bullitin and low and behold, here's an article about the accident with pictures. Who knew.....?

Greg

Was your issue of the Bulletin assembled correctly? I have that same issue and the pages immediately after page 10 are pages 31 through 38, followed by 29 through 40. I never noticed this when it was new. Its probably too late to ask for a corrected copy.

Just looked and mine is assembled right.

Greg

svobronco wrote:Just looked and mine is assembled right.

Greg

Thanks for that. The Bulletin staff probably put mine together specifically to mess with me. They are most certainly off my Christmas card list.