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Clearing the site of a snowplow and passenger train collision in the Town of De Kalb

Snowplow and passenger train collision in the Town of De Kalb 2

Workers clear snow from the site of a collision between a snowplow and a passenger train, in which the train was buried under snow and had to be shoveled out.  The New York Central Railroad hired 40 local people with shovels to help clear the tracks. February 23 1912. Town of De Kalb, NY. Photo taken by Myrtle Penny Rice, donated by Naomi Rice.

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