Post #2
Yesterday marked the 118th anniversary of a train accident at the Hoosac Railroad Tunnel in western Massachusetts which took the lives of my Great Grandfather (Orrin Kingsley, fireman) and his brother Archie (engineer).
I've managed to dig up a couple pictures of the engine, and the accident is well documented in a book titled "Hoot Toot and Whistle" by Bernard Carman.
The engine (BHT&W #10) was a Grant 2-8-0 Consolidation, and at the time the railroad was a narrow-gauge - so "close enough to critter" in my book - hence worthy of a SWSAT post.