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    • Railroad accidents; Railroad companies; trains

    • View of derailed passenger car and railroad ties thrown to the side of the track when concrete sewer pipes left on the tracks derailed the Minnesota-Chicago mail and passenger train No. 215 on March 18, 1930, near Stonegate subdivision. After that...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Train Wreck

    • Train Wreck

    • Railroad Accidents; Railroad companies

    • In the photo, people are examining the wrecked train which was the result of a collision between the Chicago bound Minnesota-Chicago mail and passenger train No. 215 and the Barrington local train which left Chicago at 8.02 P.M. On March 18, 1930,...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Train Wreck

    • Train Wreck

    • Railroad accidents; Railroad companies

    • View of twisted parts of the two passenger trains which collided on March 18, 1930. The Minnesota-Chicago mail and passenger train hit some concrete sewer pipes left on the tracks when a cable used to pull the pipes across the tracks broke leaving...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Train Wreck

    • Train Wreck

    • Railroad accidents; Railroad companies

    • View of the mangled engine of the Minnesota-Chicago mail and passenger train which hit concrete sewer pipes left on the tracks March 18, 1930. After that collision, the mail and passenger train was hit by the Barrington local train from Chicago...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Train Wreck

    • Train Wreck

    • Railroads; Railroad accidents

    • Although the note on the picture indicates that the wreck was in November 1931, it is actually a view of twisted parts of the two passenger trains which collided on March 18, 1930. The author of the note must have confused it with a different train...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Train Wreck

    • Train Wreck

    • Railroads; Railroad accidents

    • Two bystanders are pictured with the train wreck which occurred March 18, 1930, in Arlington Heights. This item is part of the collection of the Arlington Heights Historical Society (http://www.ahmuseum.org).
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Train Wreck

    • Train Wreck

    • Railroad accidents; Railroad companies

    • On March 18, 1930, the Milwaukee-Chicago mail and passenger train collided with concrete sewer pipes mounted on a stoneboat left in the tracks. The engine derailed, rolled over across the other track and was imbedded three feet in the gravel. The...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Train Wreck

    • Train Wreck

    • Railroad accidents

    • View of the derailed passenger cars of the Minnesota-Chicago mail and passenger train which hit concrete sewer pipes left on the tracks March 18, 1930. Following that collision, the mail and passenger train was hit by the Barrington local train...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Train Wreck Overview

    • Train Wreck Overview

    • Railroad accidents; Railroad companies

    • Overview of the two trains which collided when concrete sewer pipes were left on the tracks near Stonegate subdivision on March 18, 1930. The first train, Chicago bound Minnesota-Chicago mail and passenger train No. 215, hit the pipes and...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Train Wreck

    • Train Wreck

    • Railroad accidents; Railroad employees

    • View of the Chicago bound Minnesota-Chicago mail and passenger train which hit a concrete sewer pipe on the tracks and derailed on March 18,1930, near Stonegate subdivision in Arlington Heights. After the derailment, the mail and passenger train...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Train Wreck

    • Train Wreck

    • Railroad accidents; Railroad companies

    • View of mangles railroad cars and ties thrown to the side of the tracks in the wreck of the Minnesota-Chicago mail and passenger train which hit concrete sewer pipes on the tracks and then was hit by a Chicago and Northwestern passenger train...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Train Wreck

    • Train Wreck

    • Railroad accidents; Railroad engineers

    • At 8:45 P.M. on March 18, 1930, there was a collision between the Chicago bound Minnesota-Chicago mail and passenger train No. 215 and the Barrington local which left Chicago at 8:02. This occurred just east of the crossing near Stonegate...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Train Wreck

    • Train Wreck

    • Railroad accidents

    • Photo of overturned tank car which took the rails and ties from the earth when, on March 18, 1930, the Chicago bound Minnesota-Chicago mail and passenger train number 215 hit sewer pipes which had fallen on the tracks while being pulled across the...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Train Wreck

    • Train Wreck

    • Railroad accidents

    • This is a photo of the crash on March 18, 1930, of two passenger trains. One was the Chicago bound Minnesota-Chicago mail and passenger train number 215 and the other the Barrington local which left Chicago at 8:02 P.M. This crash happened just...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places
    • Train Wreck

    • Train Wreck

    • Railroad accidents

    • This train wreck on March 18, 1930, occurred because some workmen were pulling sewer pipes across the tracks during the construction of a new sewer system in Arlington Heights. The cable holding the cart broke, leaving the load right in the path of...
    • Arlington Heights People and Places

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