This famous picture showing the Granville-Paris Express after it had overrun the buffer stop at the Gare Montparnasse in Paris on October 22, 1895. Despite the giant locomotive's 33 foot fall onto the station concourse, the only fatality was a woman killed by falling concrete.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
The Granville-Paris Express
This famous picture showing the Granville-Paris Express after it had overrun the buffer stop at the Gare Montparnasse in Paris on October 22, 1895. Despite the giant locomotive's 33 foot fall onto the station concourse, the only fatality was a woman killed by falling concrete.
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