G.T.R. Train Wreck, Sept. 1900
Description
- Creator
- Milton Reesor, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- This photo features a steam engine that was involved in a collision on the Grand Trunk Railway's main line, at the Emily Street Overpass, on September 4, 1900. Milton Reesor, a local amateur photographer, was able to capture the scene after the accident.
This style of steam engine was commonly referred to as a "Mogul". The smokestack is bent and broken and the locomotive is held upright with timber cribbing. The accident occurred when a heavy freight train heading west stalled on the grade approaching the Sarnia Bridge. The steam engine reversed to prepare for a second attempt and was standing on the bridge when a second freight train came around the sharp curve a few hundred yards east of the grade. The engineer failed to spot the stalled locomotive ahead and collided into the caboose. The caboose, a freight car and the second steam engine were all badly damaged.
A wrecking crew arrived from Stratford to clean up the site. The St. Marys "Journal" newspaper reported that the noise of the collision was so loud it was heard across town. This photo is one in a set of three showing the derailment. - Notes
- Condition: Good - Image is clear. Moderate discolouration of photograph, particularly around outer edges where fading has also occurred. Album matte is stained at the edges.
- Inscriptions
- "Wrecking Crew at Work on Engine 704 St. Marys."
- Date of Original
- 4 Sept 1900
- Dimensions
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Width: 17.3 cm
Height: 11.3 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 9.9cm
Image Height: 7.5cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- reesor041
- Collection
- St. Marys Museum Photo Collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.25009 Longitude: -81.13304
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- Donor
- Dan O'Toole
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- "G.T.R. Train Wreck, Sept. 1900", St. Marys Museum, reesor041.
- Location of Original
- R. Lorne Eedy Archives
- Terms of Use
- Reproduction of digital objects is restricted to fair use for personal research or study; any other use must be done with permission of copyright holder.
- Reproduction Notes
- This image is a watermarked low resolution reproduction. High resolution images are available at the St. Marys Museum for a fee.
- Contact
- St. Marys MuseumEmail:museum@town.stmarys.on.ca
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