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A BRIEF HISTORY : ON THE NIGHT OF DECEMBER 25 , 1943 AT AROUND 9:10 PM THERE WAS A FATAL TRAIN WRECK THAT OCCURED HERE APPROXIMATELY 400 YARDS EAST OF THE TRAIN STATION...AN EAST-BOUND PASSENGER TRAIN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS HAD MOVED OFF THE MAIN LINE ONTO A SECOND SET OF TRACKS AND STOPPED...THE SECOND BRAKEMAN ON THE TRAIN HAD RETURNED TO THE RAILWAY STATION TO CALL FOR HELP , AS HE RETURNED , HE NOTICED ANOTHER EAST-BOUND TRAIN APPROACHING FAST , MISTAKENLY , THINKING HIS TRAIN WAS GOING TO BE HIT , HE TURNED THE SWITCH FOR THE TRACK LINES , NOT KNOWING IT HAD ALLREADY BEEN DONE THIS ENDED UP SENDING THE SECOND TRAIN ONTO THE SAME TRACKS AS THE FIRST TRAIN , WHERE IT SLAMMED INTO THE BACK CARS OF THE PARKED TRAIN , KILLING 15 AND INJURING OVER 30 MORE...THIS AREA IS ABOUT A 1/4 MILE WEST OF WHERE THE SYDENHAM TRAIN WRECK OCCURED IN 1859.... |
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THESE PICTURES AND VIDEO WERE TAKEN ON TUESDAY , DECEMBER 27 2005 AT THE FORMER SITE OF THE DUNDAS RAILWAY STATION...WITH IT BEING SUCH A LARGE OPEN AREA AND ABLE TO SEE AROUND OK , WE DECIDED NOT TO USE FLASHLIGHTS...ALL NIGHT PICTURES TAKIN WITH CANON CAMERA , WERE STILL WAITING ON THE INFRARED CAMCORDER ADAPTER LIGHTS ...BOTH TRAIN LINES ARE ACTIVE , SO BE CAREFULL , WE GOT CAUGHT TOO FAR UP THE TRACKS TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE OPEN AREA AND HAD TO CROUCH DOWN AND WAIT FOR IT TO PASS ... |
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