The Boston and Maine Railroad Disaster. Share full article. Nov. 23, 1862. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from November 23, 1862, Page 4 Buy Reprints.

A Train on the Boston and Maine Railroad Runs Through a Draw--Five Persons killed and a Number Injured. Share full article. Nov. 22, 1862. ...

They were originally Nos. 129 and 121 of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. Steve Morgan/Wikimedia Commons. In the U.S., the Northeast was the home of the RDCs, with its epicenter in New ...