Tragedy in French Alps 100 years ago, 12.12.1917

Tragedy in French Alps 100 years ago, 12.12.1917
Discussion about railroad topics everywhere outside of Canada and the United States.

Board index
Railroading and Railfanning by Region and State Worldwide Railfan « You are here

Tragedy in French Alps 100 years ago, 12.12.1917

Moderators: Komachi, David Benton

1 post

1 post

Tragedy in French Alps 100 years ago, 12.12.1917

by bellstbarn
Tue Dec 12, 2017 4:33 pm

During the Great War, many French soldiers were given furlough before Noel 1917. Seven hundred were killed when an engineer was overruled on taking a train through the Alps with insufficient braking power. He was overruled at gunpoint.
http://today-in-wwi.tumblr.com/post/168 ... rain-crash

Username

bellstbarn

Posts

823

Joined

Thu Mar 11, 2004 8:16 pm

Location

Seaford, New York

1 post

Page 1 of 1
1 post

Return to “Worldwide Railfan”

- All times are UTC-05:00 -