This site features daily historical railroad posts from the Big Bend/Columbia Plateau region of Washington state. Hi Steve!
Monday, December 15, 2008
1895 CW Branch Wreck
In August of 1895, a stock train jumped the track at Almira. One L.A. Pritz was killed instantly. Eleven cars and 250 head of cattle piled up in a space of 25 by 90 feet. The cattle were being shipped to Chicago.
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