What a chance of a lifetime. While riding a dome on a Canadian National Turbotrain newsman Ernie Lee caught this action on December 10th, 1968. Memo to self, “always have your camera ready.” The train was making 60MPH near Kingston, Ontario when it struck a stalled truck. And the rest is history.
Lee was a London (Ont) Free Press photographer and as you can imagine, gained international coverage with this picture. The image was one among the 100 greatest railroad photos, featured in a special edition titled the same. The special edition was a collection from the pages of TRAINS Magazine, 1940 -2008.
Not noted in the captioning was the fate of the driver, front end train crew or the condition of the rolling stock. My guess is that the driver, since the truck was stalled, had the opportunity to be away from harm. Cannot be so sure for the train crew. Submitted by Gary Ostlund.
