I’ll never forget that day. My wife and I were married 3 days before the wreck. We were holed up in our 2nd floor apartment, no money for a honeymoon. I was on winter layoff from my construction job. Word traveled fast, and I ran down to the station. I ended up getting almost 2 weeks off work out it, helping to clean things up.

As a native Exeter resident and lifelong railfan, I knew that Exeter did have some rail spurs (one is even still partially intact today), but I had no idea until now that it had a multi tracked main and a small rail yard to boot. Incredible.

I’ve lived less than 10 minutes from that station my entire life and I never knew there was more than 1 track running through Exeter

I was there. Graduated from EHS in 1964. Live in Arizona now. This article brings back lots of memories!

Great little documentary. Thanks!

My grandfather worked for the B&M Railroad in Concord NH for many years. I was 14 years old and living in Winchester NH when this happened.

Thankis for this superb mini-documentary. Well researched, written and edited!

Awesome! Lucky someone thought to record and photograph the whole affair

Excellent video sir! Enjoyed it all the way!

You are a good storyteller, good work.

Awesome video and story. I'am a railway Engineer, ive seen a few major events in my career, interesting story. ✌️

This is especially interesting for me because my father grew up in Exeter, and I myself have quite a few memories of the town. Being a fan of the Boston and Maine, this is both interesting and cool to see what Exeters railway used to look like.

This is a very meaningful and informative video. Thank you for the education.

Thanks for sharing this video. We had a camp in Sandown and I always looked for trains on the ride when we went over the Rt 125 bridge in Westville

Joe Mantegani (not Mantegana) was my grandfather. He went to visit my grandmother at the hospital because she worked there as a nurse, not because she was a nurse. I grew up in this neighborhood a decade after this accident. I've never seen most of these images. Incredible.

Reminds me of a wreck in my town on the NYC water level route in 1956. It literally took the ticket window off the depot and almost took down the tower.

My grandfather, norm petit lived in Exeter and worked for B&M. I remember him telling me about working on this

They had a big pile up in my local town in the 60s ,the vans on the train were full of Fish . Fish were everywhere . All over the station , all over the tracks , all over the road at the crossing ! Everwhere was knee deep in Fish ! Then the locals turned up to help clear up the mess !! They said in that town the smell of Frish frying/baking every morning and evening was none stop for about 4 weeks after !!!!

Good to know no one was injured..Trains will do this at times.. I guess that's life ! I was/am living in L.A. when the Northridge accident occurred on Metrolink/ motorman reputedly lost in his cell phone..A number of deaths there including a long time member of the Glendale MRRC... (forgotten his name).. Very sad, in deed...

We got off a train there a few years ago. It seemed like a lovely Station.

Well done video 👍🏻

Loved your background music selections!! Great choices. Couldn't find the last one tho. Is it new?? Good video, really enjoyed. See those old Geep's brought back a lot of old memories of my EARLY railfanning days in the late 60"s early 70'svin southern West Virginia Coal Roads. Kanawha, Horse Creek and Pocahontas Divisions. Ps...found it...The 126's not Nat Keefe

I was 17 years old I was standing out side of Jerry's when that happened. I went back in and told them what happened. Arthur st Jean was working the counter in the store.

Those high nose jeeps look great !!

I live in Exeter and I found out about this last year thanks to this video very interesting

Great job thanks 😊

Any info on the wreck at Newton Junction around that time? I live in the next town over and my Dad took me over to see the carnage.

In Springfield Illinois we had a massive train derailment around the same timeframe 1962. 40 cars loaded with grapes went everywhere it was a mess…

B and M was awesome…I lived near the Lawrence yard most of my life…the yard is pretty much dead now

I was a baby then, but grew up only an hour away and never heard anyone speak of this. Time passes and people move on, and thankfully no one died. Regardless of any possible convenience, can someone tell me why someone thought having 2 huge propane tanks next to railroad tracks was a good idea?

can you talk about the 1968 covington indiana train derailment plz

I just left the restaurant walked out side. Lit a cigarette. Saw Joe m drive down Lincoln st in the direction of st Michael's church Just about that time I heard what I thought was thunder. I said to myself not in January. Looking around the corner all there was a big cloud Of dust. I went in and told Arthur St Jean what was going on .

Great post, BTW what was the music?

We lived near the front street crossing near The Wise Shoe Company I don't remember this.

I've got a Boston & Maine trainsman's hat.

An interesting video about a train accident

Please explain “blue bird diesel” never heard this in my life in reference to trains. Think you’re making some stuff up.

Why’ is it so hard to find pictures of the Billerica shops ?

Not that long after ‘The Incident At Exeter’ in September 1965.

CSX has plans to double track this stretch again

To bad they didn’t have Defect Detectors back then

Who is the narrator? Sounds very familiar.

Wow

Would gp9 been bm power at the time ?

You should have posted this on the anniversary... oh well

CSX now owns the tracks here, at least that likely an improvement over Pan Am Railways

Y.M.W. R.I.P.

For many years, I had a green splinter of wood from the destroyed REA office and a lump of coal from the coal car that plowed into it.

So, I guess the freight train, took an exit, at Exeter🙄.

I wasn’t there, I didn’t live in Exeter.

What ! This isn't Trumps fault ?

Epping is my Home town. I used to be in Exeter everyday as i worked as a AAA Driver . Nice to see some history i never knew existed.

Exeter new Hampshire, was it named after Exeter in Devonshire?