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Viewing Entries 1 - 20 of 24 Page  1 2 NEXT LAST » Image Title Description Object Date Accession # Location More Info Fassifern Wreck photograph : b&w Jan. 6, 1951 1976.055.009 PHOTO.OS.0004.0009 More Info Fassifern Wreck About 4 miles west of Cranbrook, BC photograph : b&w Jan. 6, 1951 1976.055.010 PHOTO.OS.0004.0010 Fassiferne Wreck Photo of the Fassiferne wreck 1950 photograph : b&w 1950 1977.050.001 1-1-7-2 Fassiferne Wreck Photo of Fassiferne wreck 1950 photograph : b&w 1950 1977.050.002 1-1-7-3 CPR Wreck at Fassiferne Includes photocopy of newspaper article re: CPR Wreck at Fassiferne on Jan. 12, 1950. photograph : b&w 1950 1979.083.001 1-2-2-85 CPR Wreck at Fassiferne see 1979.083.001 - .005 photograph : b&w 1950 1979.083.002 1-2-2-86 CPR Wreck at Fassiferne see 1979.083.001 - .005 photograph : b&w 1950 1979.083.003 1-2-2-87 CPR Wreck at Fassiferne see 1979.083.001 - .005 photograph : b&w 1950 1979.083.004 1-2-2-88 CPR Wreck at Fassiferne see 1979.083.001 - .005 photograph : b&w 1950 1979.083.005 1-2-2-89 Wrecked Locomotive at Cranbrook, BC Lifting wreck with crane. photograph : b&w 1980.081.012 1-2-4-61 Wrecked Locomotive at Cranbrook, BC Locomotive being lifted by crane. photograph : b&w 1980.081.013 1-2-4-62 Wrecked Locomotive at Cranbrook Locomotive being lifted by crane. photograph : b&w 1980.081.014 1-2-4-63 Wrecked Locomotive at Cranbrook Wrecked locomotive loaded onto rail car. photograph : b&w 1980.081.015 1-2-4-64 Wrecked Locomotive at Cranbrook, BC Locomotive being placed back on track. photograph : b&w 1980.081.016 1-2-4-65 Wrecked Locomotive, Cranbrook, BC Workers watching locomotive being placed on railcar. photograph : b&w 1980.081.017 1-2-4-66 Loading Debris from Wreck in Yard. Cranbrook, BC Steam crane and railcars. photograph : b&w 1980.081.029 1-2-4-78 Crane Working in CPR Yards, Cranbrook, BC Steam crane loading railcar. photograph : b&w 1980.081.030 1-2-4-79 More Info Train wreck at Fassiferne Excerpt: "In the early morning of January 6, 1950, a heavy snow was falling and the thermometer registered 10 below zero (F). A freight train was standing at the Fassiferne passing track waiting for the East bound passenger train from Nelson. A 'pusher' engine had just been switched from the siding to the main line to make its run back to Cranbrook ahead of the passenger train. When the brakeman threw the switch back, in the blinding snow and cold, he failed to notice that the switch was not locked in the proper position. The crew of the freight train behind engine No. 3730 tried to keep warm as they waited for the expected passenger train. They couldn't see that the switch light shone red to the main line. Engineer Peter Linton, Conductor Charles Larsen, Fireman Hollis Hutton and Brakemen Phillip Rowan and Jack Myles were unaware of impending disaster. At 3:30 am, the piercing light of the passenger train punched a dancing beam through the raging snowstorm. Too late, engineer Killens hit the brakes as the passenger engine lurched over the switch to the siding hurtling straight into the standing freight train. A trainman jumped from the passenger engine to a car loaded with train wheels parked on the storage track. He broke both legs in the fall. Peter Linton and Jack Myles both lost their lives in the wreckage. No passengers were injured." textual record : newspaper article 1950 1982.066.007 1-4-7-17 Train wreck at Fassiferne Close-up of front of engines photograph : b&w 1950 1982.066.008 1-2-5-81 Train wreck at Fassiferne Engine and carriages photograph : b&w 1950 1982.066.009 1-2-5-82 Viewing Entries 1 - 20 of 24 Page  1 2 NEXT