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Summary

Derailment crew and equipment (Big Liz) in Brunswick tending to an engine that ran into the turntable pit beside the roundhouse because it was not aligned correctly.

Terry Himes Robinson Being totally honest. This might have been me with Neil Wilhelm. He parked the engine in the roundhouse, closed the doors and I moved the turntable to pick him up and the engine came crashing through the doors. He started to run to the engine but new he couldnt make it and in Neil Wilhelm style threw his hands up in the air. All I could do was cry!!!

Doris Kelley Barker I remember that Mr. George Heffner, Mrs. Bessie’s husband had a lot to do with putting engines, railroad cars back on tracks when they were wrecked with his great crew.

Bonnie Jones Doris Kelley Barker Thanks! George (Pap) was my grandfather. He was a well known and respected Wreck Master. He was called out of retirement to assist with a train wreck in the Harpers Ferry tunnel and river.

(From the Lee B. Smith Collection courtesy of the City of Brunswick MD History Commission)