Great Train Disasters
- Episode aired Dec 25, 1997
Early causes of train accidents. Accidents covered: Andover, MA., Jan. 06, 1853, Boston and Maine, broke a wheel. Franklin Pierce en route to inauguration reported as one of three fatalities... Read allEarly causes of train accidents. Accidents covered: Andover, MA., Jan. 06, 1853, Boston and Maine, broke a wheel. Franklin Pierce en route to inauguration reported as one of three fatalities. It was his 12 year old son. The Pennsylvania immigrant train Norwalk, CT. N.Y.N.H. & H. ... Read allEarly causes of train accidents. Accidents covered: Andover, MA., Jan. 06, 1853, Boston and Maine, broke a wheel. Franklin Pierce en route to inauguration reported as one of three fatalities. It was his 12 year old son. The Pennsylvania immigrant train Norwalk, CT. N.Y.N.H. & H. went through open drawbridge. Oliver Wendell Holmes erroneously reported dead, but 30 othe... Read all