{"id":342,"date":"2016-02-16T21:01:18","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T02:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=342"},"modified":"2016-12-17T10:39:40","modified_gmt":"2016-12-17T15:39:40","slug":"vintage-photo-passenger-train-derails-in-downtown-raleigh-1961","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/vintage-photo-passenger-train-derails-in-downtown-raleigh-1961\/","title":{"rendered":"Vintage Photo &#8211; Passenger Train Derails in Downtown Raleigh, 1961"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bought this one on eBay. Color slide of a train derailment in downtown Raleigh. Slide says April 1961. Don\u2019t have additional details just yet. Hadn\u2019t heard of such incident, in fact. (I\u2019ve found notable ones in 1907, 1943, and 1979.) Will consult microfilm copies of the <em>News &amp; Observer<\/em> and <em>Raleigh Times<\/em> at my next opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Picture was probably taken from the old Boylan Street bridge, the metal one that was closed in 1978. (See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/pictures\/search\/?q=Photograph:%20nc0365\">Library of Congress pictures<\/a> of same.) In the upper-right corner of the picture is the old Martin Street Viaduct. That was probably demolished circa 1982, when the new Boylan Street bridge was built. (Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legeros.com\/ralwake\/photos\/weblog\/pivot\/entry.php?id=4380\">blog archives posting<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>The railroad is the Seaboard Air Line. The photographer is not known.<\/p>\n<p>Click to enlarge the picture, plus a few closer views:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-02-17-sal1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-341\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-341\" src=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-02-17-sal1a.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-02-17-sal1a.jpg 600w, http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-02-17-sal1a-300x207.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"413\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-02-17-sal2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-341\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-341\" src=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-02-17-sal2a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"413\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-02-17-sal3.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-341\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-341\" src=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-02-17-sal3a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"413\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-02-17-sal4.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-341\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-341\" src=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-02-17-sal4a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"413\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-animation=\"no-animation\" data-icons-animation=\"no-animation\" data-overlay=\"on\" data-change-size=\"\" data-button-size=\"0.7\" style=\"font-size:0.7em!important;display:none;\" class=\"supsystic-social-sharing supsystic-social-sharing-package-flat supsystic-social-sharing-content supsystic-social-sharing-content-align-left\" data-text=\"\"><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fvintage-photo-passenger-train-derails-in-downtown-raleigh-1961%2F\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u={url}\" data-nid=\"1\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"342\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Vintage Photo - Passenger Train Derails in Downtown Raleigh, 1961\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-facebook\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fvintage-photo-passenger-train-derails-in-downtown-raleigh-1961%2F&text=Vintage+Photo+%26%238211%3B+Passenger+Train+Derails+in+Downtown+Raleigh%2C+1961\" data-main-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url={url}&text={title}\" data-nid=\"2\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"342\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Vintage Photo - Passenger Train Derails in Downtown Raleigh, 1961\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-twitter\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fvintage-photo-passenger-train-derails-in-downtown-raleigh-1961%2F&description=Vintage+Photo+%26%238211%3B+Passenger+Train+Derails+in+Downtown+Raleigh%2C+1961\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url={url}&description={title}\" data-nid=\"7\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"342\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Vintage Photo - Passenger Train Derails in Downtown Raleigh, 1961\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-pinterest\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bought this one on eBay. Color slide of a train derailment in downtown Raleigh. Slide says April 1961. Don\u2019t have additional details just yet. Hadn\u2019t heard of such incident, in fact. (I\u2019ve found notable ones in 1907, 1943, and 1979.) Will consult microfilm copies of the News &amp; Observer and Raleigh Times at my next &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/vintage-photo-passenger-train-derails-in-downtown-raleigh-1961\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;Vintage Photo &#8211; Passenger Train Derails in Downtown Raleigh, 1961&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<div data-animation=\"no-animation\" data-icons-animation=\"no-animation\" data-overlay=\"on\" data-change-size=\"\" data-button-size=\"0.7\" style=\"font-size:0.7em!important;display:none;\" class=\"supsystic-social-sharing supsystic-social-sharing-package-flat supsystic-social-sharing-content supsystic-social-sharing-content-align-left\" data-text=\"\"><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fvintage-photo-passenger-train-derails-in-downtown-raleigh-1961%2F\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u={url}\" data-nid=\"1\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"342\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Vintage Photo - Passenger Train Derails in Downtown Raleigh, 1961\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-facebook\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fvintage-photo-passenger-train-derails-in-downtown-raleigh-1961%2F&text=Vintage+Photo+%26%238211%3B+Passenger+Train+Derails+in+Downtown+Raleigh%2C+1961\" data-main-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url={url}&text={title}\" data-nid=\"2\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"342\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Vintage Photo - Passenger Train Derails in Downtown Raleigh, 1961\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-twitter\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fvintage-photo-passenger-train-derails-in-downtown-raleigh-1961%2F&description=Vintage+Photo+%26%238211%3B+Passenger+Train+Derails+in+Downtown+Raleigh%2C+1961\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url={url}&description={title}\" data-nid=\"7\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"342\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Vintage Photo - Passenger Train Derails in Downtown Raleigh, 1961\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-pinterest\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1609,"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342\/revisions\/1609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}