west siiii

worst train wreck in american history 1918, down at the south end of mccabe's golf course. you can reach dutchmans curve from greenway trail, its eerie down there at night when the trains go through

On Tues., July 9, 1918, shortly past 7:15 a.m., two trains pulled by steam locomotives and traveling 50 mph collided head-on at Dutchman's Curve near White Bridge Road in Belle Meade. The collision was heard for miles, as passenger cars telescoped upon each other, shattered into splinters, and caught fire. Victims were thrown helter-skelter and bodies were torn apart. In what was the worst railway disaster in American history, 101 people were killed, many of them Negro laborers coming from as far away as Texas to work at the government gunpowder plant in what is now Old Hickory. Amazingly, due to news about World War I, the disaster fell from the front pages quickly.



http://www.nashvillewebreview.com/automat/nashville/events/trainwreck/Disaster_Nashville.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Train_Wreck_of_1918