Wicked Curious Radio - Phantoms of the Vermont Central Railway
About this episode
The episode recounts the tragic Montreal Express disaster of 1887 through eyewitness accounts and reports.
Send us Fan Mail On a frigid February night in 1887, the Montreal Express plunged from a bridge into the frozen White River, creating the deadliest railroad disaster in Vermont history. Through eyewitness accounts and newspaper reports from the scene, we follow the harrowing stories of passengers trapped in the wreckage, desperate rescue attempts, and final acts of courage amid fire and ice. We uncover how a broken rail, outdated railroad technology, and a devastating inferno combined to clai...
People in this episode
Host: Roxie Zwicker
Topics covered
- railroad disaster
- Vermont history
- eyewitness accounts
- rescue attempts
- passenger stories
Keywords
- Montreal Express
- Vermont Central Railway
- railroad disaster
- White River
- 1887
- eyewitness
- rescue
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Places: Vermont, White River
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