The fatal head-on railroad crash near Chaska, Minnesota in 1904
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
- Two Minneapolis & St. Louis steam locomotives were not aware of each other as they approached the outskirts of Chaska, Minnesota, from opposite directions on the evening of June 28th, 1904. A heavy downpour made the visibility extremely poor. The results were disastrous, with the locomotives crashing head on. View the train's routes while hearing about the sequence of events leading to the crash. Included are historical images of Carver and Chaska as well as the railroad crash scene.
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Quite fascinating survey of the area and its history, as well as the actual collision. The film along the old line shows some lovely scenery, in a part of America this Limey's never heard of before. Thank you.
Facinating story, thanks for sharing!
Wonderful context and visuals!
excellent production and narration, thanks
Enjoying the history of the Minnesota River Valley. I need to ride the bike path.
Watched it all. Very good history. Thanks
Very interesting! Great research as always. Thank you for sharing.
I live and work close by the crash. Good view of the trails.
The M & St L went thru my area west of Hayfield Ia. Before the tracks were removed, we rode a car on those tracks. Great video, thank you.
When were the tracks removed?
One video could be made just about Stillwater Mn. The first trolley line came, operated and went bankrupt and was removed only for a 2nd trolley line returning about 5 or so years later which connected to the Twin Cities trolley system. The last trolley of that system left Stillwater August 1932.
What was last The Zephyr line was built into Stillwater in the fall of 1870 right behind where I live. Then two more RR lines were built into Stillwater from the south end in the 1880’s. There was a book about the railroad history of Stillwater published around 1990 by a Mr Thilgen. I’ve been looking for a copy for years. The Stillwater library has one but you can’t take it home. The Minnesota History Museum also has a copy.
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The old railroad bridge over Highway 101 was concrete and steel and the road underneath the bridge was quite narrow.
Yup. Boy has it changed now.
Let's not forget that a lot of kids under 18 worked the Railroad tracks.
Ty. Nice presentation.
Once again , very good
The caver water tank is still there by the Casey's gas station
Both of my grandfathers worked for the M&StL. I didn’t have any idea about this wreck.
Awesome video!
Wow, that crash happened right down the road from the Ferrellgas I used to deliver to! That’s really interesting
Thanks very cool history..
Nice Job!
I wonder why the boilers didn't explode.
Very cool story!
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Great vid! Question have any vids or info pictures of the train tracks from Little Princess station at Minnehaha Falls south Minneapolis heading south through the limestone cut out now where the dog park is heading to Fort Snelling and then pictures of what the bridge looked like crossing the Minnesota River from Fort Snelling??? I believe I have found some footings for the bridge in Snelling state park at the base of Fort Snelling. Any info be great. Thank you.
And the crash happened,how???? Amazingly, you did'nt explain the fishing or what birds were flying.....geez, what a boring explanation of a train collision!
Gotta agree there, more of a lesson in cartography and animations than anything to do with a train crash. Shows just how much effort doesn't go into the uploaders videos. Maybe next video covering something about railways, we'll hear about new species of sharks discovered in the south Pacific. Absolutely dreadful video 👎👎👎👎👎
It's not a boring video at all if you don't have the attention span of a fish.
Nice History lesson.
Il aurait été judicieux de sous titrer la vidéo en français 🤔
No, this is an English speaking channel. You can suck it up, and deal with the English language, or go watch something else. No one gives a crap about your language.
Well I'll be darned. (Minnesota accent)
Nice work- subd!