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File:Tidentimes1.jpg|[[Lower Truro]] wreck on October 12, 1920 with locomotives [[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:Tidentimes2.jpg|[[Lower Truro]] wreck on October 12, 1920 with locomotives [[DAR0026|No. 26]] and [[DAR0027|No. 27]]. | ||
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*[[1969-MemoOfGenInfo|1969 Memorandum of General Information]] | *[[1969-MemoOfGenInfo|1969 Memorandum of General Information]] | ||
Revision as of 05:39, 27 December 2018
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.
References & Footnotes
- ↑ J. B. King, "Pigs Ditch 2 Engines, Kill Midland Fireman: Writers Discourse on DAR Old Timers", Halifax Chronicle Herald
