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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:Tidentimes2.jpg|[[Lower Truro]] wreck on October 12, 1920 with locomotives [[DAR0026|No. 26]] and [[DAR0027|No. 27]]. | ||
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Revision as of 19:04, 25 March 2015
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.
References & Footnotes
- ↑ J.B. King "Pigs Ditch 2 Engines, Kill Midland Fireman: Writers Discourse on DAR Old Timers", Halifax Chronicle Herald
