Dahar v. Boston & Maine Railroad

The collision occurred at dusk on a fair day, between six and half past in the evening, as the plaintiff drove his truck in an easterly direction over the Hall Street or Old River Road crossing. The defendant’s train was northbound from Boston to Concord and consisted of a locomotive and twelve cars, travelling at a speed of fifty miles an hour. The headlight of the locomotive was lighted. The plaintiff had been travelling northerly on the Londonderry Turnpike at a speed of about thirty-five miles an hour. He reduced his speed to approximately fifteen miles an hour when he turned into Hall…