This second negative appears to be a slightly wider version of the Western Maryland Railway wreck at Glen Afton Springs on November 27, 1912. Glen Afton Springs is located just past Pen Mar as the Western Maryland line headed toward Smithsburg and Hagerstown. The two trains involved were  #204-3rd pulled by Engine 626 and #203-1st pulled by Engine 620. Notes with the negative say that Henderson, the Engineer on 626 was killed outright in the accident and the Fireman died later. The conductor was John Nichols. Engine 620 was being driven by William Eckhart and Ike King was the Conductor. Both Engines 620 and 626 were 2-8-0 Baldwins built in 1906 or 1907.

The original image was owned by Ed Killough and this negative of the original photo was taken by W. R Hicks.  Mr. Hicks had a large collection of railroad images, and many were photos of photos.  At the time these were taken photo scanners were not available and if you did not have the original negative your only option was to take a photo of the photo.




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