The Cumberland City turn approaches the Cumberland River drawbridge at Clarksville. This bridge has an interesting history. In 1906 the locomotive, tender, mail car, and baggage car of a northbound passenger train went into the river when the engineer ran through the open draw. A similar instance occurred in 1947 involving a local freight train that was dropping a cut off cars at the old Clarksville freight depot (which was located on the opposite side of the track from where I am standing). |
Date:
11/29/2019 |
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Clarksville, TN Map ![Show Clarksville on a rail map](/images/map_us.gif) |
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Reed Reding |
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Picture Categories: Bridge,Action |
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