The Wreck of CNR 6166 and 6167

joe6167 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:31 pm

Hi folks,

I just scored some decent photos of the wreck of CNR 6166 and 6167 in 1943. Check them out:

http://www.trainweb.org/j.dimech/6167/wreck.html

Cheers,

Joe

k5ahudson · **Joined:** Tue Aug 24, 2004 6:30 am **Posts:** 773

I'm sorry to say 6167 looked better just after that wreck than it does today. ;) Hopefully that will change in the not too distant future Joe.

joe6167 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:52 pm

Ha! You should have seen her before the wreck. I have a photo from Al Paterson (Dave Shaw has it too) of 6167 sitting right next to 6168 in Truro, NS mere DAYS before the wreck. She looked absolutely fantastic when she was new.

Joe

Richard Glueck · **Posted:** Sat Apr 05, 2008 12:52 pm

"What was it the engines said,
Pilots touching, head to head?
Facing on a single track,
Half the world behind each back?"

-apologies to Bret Harte

joe6167 · **Posted:** Fri Jun 17, 2011 3:01 pm

Photos of the Montmagny Bridge and Station taken on May 23, 2011 which is the site of 6167's head on collision with sister engine 6166 on July 6, 1943.

Montmagny Bridge - MP 77.5

Montmagny VIA Station

Frisco1522 · **Posted:** Fri Jun 17, 2011 5:15 pm

"What was it the engines said,
Pilots touching, head to head?
Facing on a single track,
Half the world behind each back?"

I don't know what the engines said, but I'll bet the crews said it and then did it! (With apologies to Bill Cosby)

joe6167 · **Posted:** Fri Jun 17, 2011 5:47 pm

Well, no one got to hear what 6167's engineer had to say as he died in the cab. I also have a list of all the other casualties of the incident included with the article.