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The Wreck of the Old 97 was an American rail disaster involving the Southern Railway mail train, officially known as the Fast Mail (train number 97), while en route from Monroe, Virginia, to Spencer, North Carolina, on September 27, 1903.
10 juil. 2020 · The Wreck of the Old 97 is one of the most famous train songs of all time, and the first song to sell one million copies in the US. The ballad details the events leading to the 1903...
Due to excessive speed in an attempt to maintain schedule, the train derailed at the Stillhouse Trestle near Danville, Virginia where it careened off the side of the bridge, killing eleven on ...
The Kensingtones perform the classic American ballad, “The Wreck of the Old ’97,” which tells the story of the 1903 crash of Southern Railroad mail train No. 97.
The song is about a real train wreck in 1903 when engineer Joseph (“Steve”) Broady was running the 97 line at high speed to stay on schedule between Monroe and Spencer, Virginia. The 97 ran “fast...
3 mai 2024 · The wreck of the Old 97 occurred on September 27, 1903, when the Southern Railway freight train called the Fast Mail (or “Old 97”) left the tracks and crashed at the Stillhouse Trestle outside Danville, Virginia, killing eleven people.
18 mars 2022 · Though it was referred to as “Old 97”, the fast mail train that crashed into a ravine not far from the north bank of the Dan River in Danville, Virginia on September 27, 1903, the train had in fact been in service only ten months.
