Photograph of the wreck of the Boston and Maine train #302
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Date: November 13, 1954
Object number: A.2009-49
Medium: paper; photo-emulsion
Description: Wreckage of Boston & Maine train #302, the Red Wing, just outside the Nashua, New Hampshire train station. The train had been traveling at a high rate of speed and derailed on a curve entering the station. The locomotives derailed, hitting freight cars on an adjacent siding as they moved. A female passenger was killed, and 53 others injured in the wreck. Among the injured was one of the Railway Post Office clerks, who was pinned under tables and furnishings in the mail car. That car, visible in the center of the photograph, landed on its roof. National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown
Place: United States of America
New Hampshire
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Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207613
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Object number: A.2009-49
Medium: paper; photo-emulsion
Description: Wreckage of Boston & Maine train #302, the Red Wing, just outside the Nashua, New Hampshire train station. The train had been traveling at a high rate of speed and derailed on a curve entering the station. The locomotives derailed, hitting freight cars on an adjacent siding as they moved. A female passenger was killed, and 53 others injured in the wreck. Among the injured was one of the Railway Post Office clerks, who was pinned under tables and furnishings in the mail car. That car, visible in the center of the photograph, landed on its roof. National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown
Place: United States of America
New Hampshire
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Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection
Photographer: Unknown
Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207613
Repository:National Postal Museum
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Thanks for posting this
Claudius_F
Somebody please make this an album cover
ddillaby
This photo may have been from a series shot by Nashua Telegraph photographer Michael Shalhoup.
Smithsonian Institution
Thank you for the suggestion, ddillaby! I'll be in touch with my colleagues at National Postal Museum, so they may investigate further. Sincerely, Susannah Smithsonian Institution Archives
Terry_NYorks
When adding this interesting photo to the Clerestory Coaches (Railways) Group, as only the picture owner can do this, please kindly geotag, where possible, to identify the location of this picture, for the benefit of many of the world wide members! In case of need see this set, ideally run as a slideshow. Many thanks.