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Runaway Train Wreck memorial

Memorial for 2 men who were killed in a train derailment, 2006.Conductor Tom Dodd and brakeman Don Faulkner were killed, and engineer Gordon Rhodes sustained serious injuries when their train lost control of its airbrakes on a steep mountainside. The bell on top is from the locomotive.

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Plaque courtesy of the BC Labour Heritage Centre's project Plaques Around the Province. project

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