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People gather around the crash site where the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad No. 508 passenger train collided with an earth mover at a crossing on California Road, killing three and injuring more than a dozen, Oct. 7, 1947.
The train collided with a 26-ton earth mover that was carrying 13 tons of dirt. The operator of the earth mover was not injured.
Three people were killed and more than a dozen injured in a crash of the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad No. 508 passenger train on Oct. 7, 1947. Previous Next
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Train crash kills 3 in 1947
COREY MCMAKEN | The Journal Gazette
Three people died and more than a dozen were injured on Oct. 7, 1947, when a passenger train struck a 26-ton earth mover and partially derailed at what was a crossing on California Road.