The Mike Shalhoup Collection It was 66 years ago this week that the late Telegraph photographer Mike Shalhoup clambered up a railroad flagman's perch to capture this and scores of other photos of the Union Station train wreck, which occurred early the morning of Nov. 12, 1954. Just past dawn, a B&M passenger train was approaching the station but, according to investigators, it was going too fast. The resulting crash was heard for a mile, including into nearby Hudson. Despite the amount of damage, only one person was killed, and 21 others injured.

It was 66 years ago this week that the late Telegraph photographer Mike Shalhoup clambered up a railroad flagman’s perch to capture this and scores of other photos of the Union Station train wreck, which occurred early the morning of Nov. 12, 1954. Just past dawn, a B&M passenger train was approaching the station but, according to investigators, it was going too fast. The resulting crash was heard for a mile, including into nearby Hudson. Despite the amount of damage, only one person was killed, and 21 others injured. (The Mike Shalhoup Collection)