Firemen look at a tangled wreckage after two trains collided head-on in the New York Central railroad yards in upper Manhattan, May 22, 1967. At least seven people were killed it was reported. The collision occurred near West 148th Street, near Riverside Drive. The two three-unit engines smashed into each other on the northbound express track of the 130th Street yard. (AP Photo) (Photo: AP)
They collided around 9:55 a.m. along a curve at 147th Street, some 30 blocks south of the George Washington Bridge, setting off an explosion so loud witnesses thought a bomb had exploded. Diesel engines exploded in fire. Engines were thrown over a retaining wall. A three-alarm fire raged out of control for 90 minutes.
Six crewmen – the engineer, fireman and brakeman from each train – were killed. Among them were several from the Hudson Valley, including Robert Orr of Poughkeepsie, James Schulthies of Germantown and Charles W. Meuser of Highland. The others were Herbert Fero of Rensselaer, Howard Bruso of Delmar and Franklin Jenkins of Ravena.
They collided around 9:55 a.m. along a curve at 147th Street, some 30 blocks south of the George Washington Bridge, setting off an explosion so loud witnesses thought a bomb had exploded. Diesel engines exploded in fire. Engines were thrown over a retaining wall. A three-alarm fire raged out of control for 90 minutes.
Six crewmen – the engineer, fireman and brakeman from each train – were killed. Among them were several from the Hudson Valley, including Robert Orr of Poughkeepsie, James Schulthies of Germantown and Charles W. Meuser of Highland. The others were Herbert Fero of Rensselaer, Howard Bruso of Delmar and Franklin Jenkins of Ravena.
Firemen look at a tangled wreckage after two trains collided head-on in the New York Central railroad yards in upper Manhattan, May 22, 1967. At least seven people were killed it was reported. The collision occurred near West 148th Street, near Riverside Drive. The two three-unit engines smashed into each other on the northbound express track of the 130th Street yard. (AP Photo) (Photo: AP)
They collided around 9:55 a.m. along a curve at 147th Street, some 30 blocks south of the George Washington Bridge, setting off an explosion so loud witnesses thought a bomb had exploded. Diesel engines exploded in fire. Engines were thrown over a retaining wall. A three-alarm fire raged out of control for 90 minutes.
Six crewmen – the engineer, fireman and brakeman from each train – were killed. Among them were several from the Hudson Valley, including Robert Orr of Poughkeepsie, James Schulthies of Germantown and Charles W. Meuser of Highland. The others were Herbert Fero of Rensselaer, Howard Bruso of Delmar and Franklin Jenkins of Ravena.
They collided around 9:55 a.m. along a curve at 147th Street, some 30 blocks south of the George Washington Bridge, setting off an explosion so loud witnesses thought a bomb had exploded. Diesel engines exploded in fire. Engines were thrown over a retaining wall. A three-alarm fire raged out of control for 90 minutes.
Six crewmen – the engineer, fireman and brakeman from each train – were killed. Among them were several from the Hudson Valley, including Robert Orr of Poughkeepsie, James Schulthies of Germantown and Charles W. Meuser of Highland. The others were Herbert Fero of Rensselaer, Howard Bruso of Delmar and Franklin Jenkins of Ravena.
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