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=Lower Truro, Nova Scotia= | =Lower Truro, Nova Scotia= | ||
[[:Category:Subdivision Truro|Subdivision Truro]], Mile 53.04 | [[:Category:Subdivision Truro|Subdivision Truro]], Mile 53.04 | ||
| − | Next Station | + | Next Station East: [[Truro]] |
| − | Next Station | + | Next Station West: [[Clifton]] |
==Facilities & Features== | ==Facilities & Features== | ||
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*[[Lower Truro Station]] | *[[Lower Truro Station]] | ||
| − | Lower Truro was the scene of a serious fatal accident on October 12, 1920. Locomotive [[DAR0026|No. 26]] with [[DAR0027|No. 27]] were in a double headed freight from [[Truro]] and were wrecked after striking pigs or a cows at high speed. Fireman Fred Yould on No. 26 was killed. The frame of No. 27 was buckled beyond repair and it had to be scrapped. | + | ==Description & History== |
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| + | Lower Truro was the scene of a serious fatal accident on October 12, 1920. Locomotive [[DAR0026|No. 26]] with [[DAR0027|No. 27]] were in a double headed freight from [[Truro]] and were wrecked after striking pigs or a cows at high speed. Fireman Fred Yould on No. 26 was killed. The frame of No. 27 was buckled beyond repair and it had to be scrapped.<ref>[[J. B. King]], "Pigs Ditch 2 Engines, Kill Midland Fireman: Writers Discourse on DAR Old Timers", ''Halifax Chronicle Herald''</ref> | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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Image:DAR Wreck 1.jpg|A double header wreck in 1920 at [[Lower Truro]] involving [[DAR0026|No. 26]] and [[DAR0027|No, 27]]. | Image:DAR Wreck 1.jpg|A double header wreck in 1920 at [[Lower Truro]] involving [[DAR0026|No. 26]] and [[DAR0027|No, 27]]. | ||
Image:DAR Wreck 2.jpg|A double header wreck in 1920 at [[Lower Truro]] involving [[DAR0026|No. 26]] and [[DAR0027|No, 27]]. | Image:DAR Wreck 2.jpg|A double header wreck in 1920 at [[Lower Truro]] involving [[DAR0026|No. 26]] and [[DAR0027|No, 27]]. | ||
| + | File:Tidentimes1.jpg|[[Lower Truro]] wreck on October 12, 1920 with locomotives [[DAR0026|No. 26]] and [[DAR0027|No. 27]]. | ||
| + | File:Tidentimes2.jpg|[[Lower Truro]] wreck on October 12, 1920 with locomotives [[DAR0026|No. 26]] and [[DAR0027|No. 27]]. | ||
| + | File:Train at Lower Truro 1961.jpg|SW1200 pulling train through Lower Truro, Summertime 1961. | ||
| + | File:Lower Truro DAR 1961.jpg|Train in Lower Truro, August 23, 1961. | ||
| + | File:Train No. 22 Truro 1961.jpg|Mixed train in Lower Truro, 1961. | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:45, 28 September 2020
Lower Truro, Nova Scotia
Subdivision Truro, Mile 53.04
Next Station East: Truro
Next Station West: Clifton
Facilities & Features
Description & History
Lower Truro was the scene of a serious fatal accident on October 12, 1920. Locomotive No. 26 with No. 27 were in a double headed freight from Truro and were wrecked after striking pigs or a cows at high speed. Fireman Fred Yould on No. 26 was killed. The frame of No. 27 was buckled beyond repair and it had to be scrapped.[1]
Operations & Orders
Gallery
A double header wreck in 1920 at Lower Truro involving No. 26 and No, 27.
A double header wreck in 1920 at Lower Truro involving No. 26 and No, 27.
Lower Truro wreck on October 12, 1920 with locomotives No. 26 and No. 27.
Lower Truro wreck on October 12, 1920 with locomotives No. 26 and No. 27.
SW1200 pulling train through Lower Truro, Summertime 1961.
Train in Lower Truro, August 23, 1961.
Mixed train in Lower Truro, 1961.
References & Footnotes
- ↑ J. B. King, "Pigs Ditch 2 Engines, Kill Midland Fireman: Writers Discourse on DAR Old Timers", Halifax Chronicle Herald
