"Dinky" Railroad Wreck
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Title
"Dinky" Railroad Wreck
Subject
Railroads - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Description
Photograph of an earlier photograph showing the wreck of a locomotive and railcars on a trestle of the "Dinky" Railroad near Edinburg Virginia.
The "Dinky" Railroad connected Edinburg Virginia with the iron operations at Liberty Furnace. This wreck occurred on March 2, 1911, when the railroad trestle crossing Stony Creek near Three Mile Mountain collapsed with the train on top. Engineer James Sine was killed and Fireman Thomas Foltz was seriously injured. The cause of the accident was a decayed timber in the bridge. The line reopened in a few weeks.
The "Dinky" Railroad connected Edinburg Virginia with the iron operations at Liberty Furnace. This wreck occurred on March 2, 1911, when the railroad trestle crossing Stony Creek near Three Mile Mountain collapsed with the train on top. Engineer James Sine was killed and Fireman Thomas Foltz was seriously injured. The cause of the accident was a decayed timber in the bridge. The line reopened in a few weeks.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Undated
Contributor
Identified in 2025 by library staff.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
The "Dinky" Railroad is pictured in Morrison Studio Collection images 003711, 003881, 003903, 027588, 027590, and 028287.
Identifier
028287
Original Format
Film Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “"Dinky" Railroad Wreck,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/71600.
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