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Workers clear tracks after snowplow and passenger train collision in the Town of De Kalb

Snowplow and passenger train collision in the Town of De Kalb  4

A line of workers who shoveled snow off of railroad tracks after a snowplow and a passenger train collided during a blizzard.  The New York Central Railroad hired 40 local people with shovels to help clear the tracks. February 23, 1912. DeKalb, NY. Photo taken by Myrtle Penny Rice, donated by Naomi Rice.

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