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HISTORICALLY SPEAKING WITH ED COLEMAN: Problems on the early railway line
In the early days of the railroad, after it was decided to lay out a line between Halifax and Windsor, there was a series of work stoppages, setbacks that included storms, accidents, and even a riot.
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What can be classified as perhaps the first accident on the fledgling railway occurred shortly after the line was opened in the Halifax area.
In a morning run out of Sackville in September 1855, a few months after the official opening, the locomotive struck a horse on the track and was derailed. There were minor injuries to the crew and the horse was killed. The passenger cars barely stayed on the rails or there would have........