This photo, taken on Dec. 27, 1942, shows the aftermath of a military train's collision with a passenger train at the station in Almonte, Ont. A train carrying soldiers to Halifax crashed into a passenger train at the station in Almonte, Ont. Thirty-eight people died in the collision and more than 150 people were injured, according to Jaime Bramburger, the author of "Sudden Impact – The Almonte Train Wreck of 1942." Bramburger says a metal train carrying troops on their way to Halifax crashed into the back of a passenger train with wooden coaches. Bramburger says the troop train crashed into the back of a passenger train with wooden coaches.
