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URN	ns3743
Work Type	Photograph
Title	Train Wreck with No. 88 and No. 77 Single Engine at Island Ford
Creator	no creator given
Subject	Island Ford, Elkton, WV,
Work Date	19870301
Material	Black & White
Current Site	CD: NS022
Style/Period/Group/Movement	18970301
Notes	Negative #22422-B, Train Wreck occurred at 5 a.m. on 18970301Location should be near Elkton, VA.; NOT WV. Jim Cochran ******************************************************** At 5 AM, on the morning of March 1st, 1897, 4-4-0 R/N 3 leading N&W train #88 was involved in a head-on collision with 4-6-0 R/N 77 at Island Ford, VA. The 4-4-0 derailed and was turned broadside in the wreck, pushed along by the ensuing pileup of freight cars. Repair of the engine was deemed uneconomical. Ten-wheeler R/N 77 was running south to Roanoke as a light engine. It was deemed repairable and taken to Roanoke for rebuilding, emerging as a simple-cylindered locomotive in July. Mason Cooper
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Date	19970829
Owner	dla
Copyright	dla
Source	Norfolk & Western Historical Photograph Collection

URN:	ns3743
Work Type:	Photograph
Title:	Train Wreck with No. 88 and No. 77 Single Engine at Island Ford
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Subject:	Island Ford, Elkton, WV,
Work Date:	19870301
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Current Site:	CD: NS022
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Notes:	Negative #22422-B, Train Wreck occurred at 5 a.m. on 18970301Location should be near Elkton, VA.; NOT WV. Jim Cochran ******************************************************** At 5 AM, on the morning of March 1st, 1897, 4-4-0 R/N 3 leading N&W train #88 was involved in a head-on collision with 4-6-0 R/N 77 at Island Ford, VA. The 4-4-0 derailed and was turned broadside in the wreck, pushed along by the ensuing pileup of freight cars. Repair of the engine was deemed uneconomical. Ten-wheeler R/N 77 was running south to Roanoke as a light engine. It was deemed repairable and taken to Roanoke for rebuilding, emerging as a simple-cylindered locomotive in July. Mason Cooper
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Date:	19970829
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