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G2-7 thru G2-15 the Night Express was apparently derailed by a faulty "Saint Albans" rail in the track immediately approaching the bridge. It fell to the ice and burned, igniting the wooden bridge. Coal stoves in the wooden cars started the fire.…

Shows temporary wooden trestle that was used while a new, steel bridge was being built.

Shows testing of completed new bridge.

Railroad Yard. 1920s. Bellows Falls, VT. Rutland and B an M trains meet at the Diamond. Switcher waits on Spur.

"Wyandotte". Wood-burning, Steam Locomotive. From a Daguerrotype.

Wreck on Brockway Mills High Bridge. June, 1869.

Wreck on Brockway Mills High Bridge. Wood-burning locomotive arrives from Bellows Falls to help clear wreckage. June, 1869.

"Westminster". Wood-burning locomotive of Vermont Valley R.R. Brattleboro to Bellows Falls, Vt. 1880s.

"Burlington". Wood-burning locomotive of the Central Vermont R.R. Built - 1849. Photo -1882.

Wreck: Central VT. R.R. at Rockingham, VT. April, 1888. Washout derailed entire train. Engineer and Fireman killed. Most passengers injured.

Wreck: Same as G2-23. Engine edging onto temporary trestle.

"J.L. Martin". Central VT. #3. West River R.R. Narrow Gauge. Brattleboro, VT. Before 1905.

Railraod Yard. Bellows Falls, VT. West Side. 1909.

Wreck: Rutland Flyer and B and M Switcher. Under the Arch Bridge, Bellows Falls, VT. 8/14/1910.

Wreck: Rutland Flyer and B and M Switcher. Under the Arch Bridge, Bellows Falls, VT. 8/14/1910.

Wreck: B and M Washout, East Putney, VT. 3/30/1913.

Wreck: B and M Washout. Engine recovered from Connecticut River. East Putney, VT. 3/30/1913

Derailed Freight Car. International Paper Co. Bellows Falls, VT. 6/12/1918.

Derailed Freight Car. International Paper Co. Bellows Falls, VT. 6/12/1918.

Depot. East Platform. Bellows Falls, VT. 5/17/1918.

Depot. East Platform. Bellows Falls, Vt. 5/17/1918.

Site of Rockingham Village Depot. Rockingham, VT. 1920s.