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| Train wreck late to mid 1920's Here in MN |
Just a short one this week and rather late for me; here is a photo of the train wreck I mentioned last week. We know nothing about it other than Jerry's maternal grandfather, Charlie, is the man standing with his arms crossed in front of himself and to the left of a taller man in the back of the photo. You have to click on the photo to enlarge it and see this. Last week I shared one of Charlie hauling debris with his team of horses and wondered if it might have been from this same wreck because one of the gentlemen, dressed in a suit and hat and overseeing the process was observing in that photo too. We can see this was an old steamer train, and the rail road line CM & St. P.may have been part of the Midwest. We are not familiar with that either. Wonder how they righted this giant locomotive without use of today's rigs? Must have been a chore for many men.
Perhaps we can learn more about this photo and incident by taking it to a meeting of our local La Crescent Historical Society or digging through their archives. We are not certain if this was here along the track of town, elsewhere in the area perhaps a couple miles down the track toward Dakota or the other direction toward Houston. But we were thrilled to salvage this from Aunt Marie's; it is on a board in an old wooden frame the back of which is nailed into the fame with bent over old nails. Jerry tried removing the back board very carefully, but only got so far as a couple nails would not dislodge so he felt better to leave it be and not damage it. He has it hanging proudly in his little corner of the downstairs TV/rec room where he can view it from his recliner. Here's a closing sneak at that exhibit, not Sepia, just the way at ease where today he will be found watching the NFL playoffs--my recliner is off to the right where I will be rooting for my hometown Steelers, singing Blackbird bye bye to the Baltimore Ravens!
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| Train wreck photo on wall, Jerry's recliner |
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