by BR&P
Who KNOWS what interesting things reside in boxes in the basement? Found the following clipping and thought I'd share it here. It's from the Rochester D&C of January 25, 1962, which would make the crash January 24th.
FWIW, the engineer, the last I knew, is still alive. In talking to him some years back, he said he was quite young at the time, and the railroad official who spoke to the news made his age quite a bit higher, just so it did not seem like he was too young to be running.
Not sure why a truck headed from Michigan to Connecticut was traveling down Ballantyne Road, but apparently that's the case.
The rail line in the story is now a hiking trail so you are free to visit the scene and picture in your mind what used to be.
FWIW, the engineer, the last I knew, is still alive. In talking to him some years back, he said he was quite young at the time, and the railroad official who spoke to the news made his age quite a bit higher, just so it did not seem like he was too young to be running.
Not sure why a truck headed from Michigan to Connecticut was traveling down Ballantyne Road, but apparently that's the case.
The rail line in the story is now a hiking trail so you are free to visit the scene and picture in your mind what used to be.
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