Former New Haven RS-11 1410 in fading paint is in charge of the wreck train at Springdale, CT, on the New Canaan Branch as a steam derrick hidden behind the trees cleans up the aftermath of a tragic head-on collision of MU trains that killed four and injured others. The collision was the result of human error when a northbound train failed to take a siding as directed by train order and hit a southbound deadhead move that it was supposed to meet there.

Photographed by Tom Nelligan, August 21, 1969.
Added to the photo archive by Tom Nelligan, July 21, 2017.
Railroad: Penn Central.

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