1. luzfosca: Yvan Dalain Le petit train, 1950s

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    Yvan Dalain

    Le petit train, 1950s

  2. liquidnight: Train Wreck, 1912 From As We Were: American Photographic Postcards 1905-1930

    liquidnight:

    Train Wreck, 1912

    From As We Were: American Photographic Postcards 1905-1930

  3. liquidnight: Collision between two engines. Bay of Quinte Railway, Ontario, Canada, 1892 [From the Musée McCord Museum]

    liquidnight:

    Collision between two engines.

    Bay of Quinte Railway, Ontario, Canada, 1892

    [From the Musée McCord Museum]

  4. Tay Bridge collapse 1879  The Diver Unlike its crew locomotive NBR 224 built by Thomas Wheatley at Cowlairs Works survived the disaster. Salvaged from the river and repaired it remained in service until 1919.  Crews nicknamed it “The Diver”. Many drivers were reluctant to take it over the rebuilt Tay bridge.

    Tay Bridge collapse 1879  The Diver

    Unlike its crew locomotive NBR 224 built by Thomas Wheatley at Cowlairs Works survived the disaster. Salvaged from the river and repaired it remained in service until 1919. 

    Crews nicknamed it “The Diver”.

    Many drivers were reluctant to take it over the rebuilt Tay bridge.