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Mileposts No. 37 Spring 2012

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  • Train Wreck at Oshkosh
    • Soo Line Freight Cars Leave Track and Wreck House and Barn Nearby
    • Accident is Spectacular
    • Property on Both Sides of Railway Right-of-way Swept Out of the Path of the Plunging, Crashing, Tumbling Monsters.
    • One of the Worst Wrecks in City in Years
    • Thousands Visit Scene to Inspect Damage
    • Track is Cleard After Midnight
    • No One was Injured in Pileup of Cars
    • “We were thoroughly scared.”
    • Train was Long and Heavily Loaded
    • Carl Leaves Rails: Others Follow It
    • Gas Pipe, Broken, Fumes fill the Air
    • Rucks Family Away on a Visit
    • Damage to Property is Extensive
    • Many Stories of “How it Happened”
    • Official View of Cause of Accident
    • Train Blocks Traffic at Street Crossings
  • Mike Harrington
  • Recent Donations to the Archives
  • Archive Work Days for 2012
  • SLHTS Archives Financial Statement Year Ending December 31, 2011 – Mike Harrington
  • Photos:
  • Downtown Soo Line depot, Oshkosh, Train No. 1 with 4-6-2, No. 2704, late 1930s – SLHTS Archives collection
  • NB train Division Street Oshkosh 2-8-0 – John Sacho photo, SLHTS Archives collection
  • Extra 3003 S. derailed at the Scott Street Crossing, Oshkosh, Sunday July 27, 1924 – Larry Easton collection, SLHTS Archives
  • Northbound train in Oshkosh – Division Street – John Sacho photo, SLHTS Archives collection

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Weight .35 lbs
Dimensions 11 × 8.50 × .125 in