Timeline
4 Happenings
Aug. 6, 1860
First Train Crosses the Cumberland River Bridge
The locomotive W.B. Munford became the first train to cross the new Cumberland River railroad bridge at Clarksville, Tennessee.
Sept. 30, 1906
1906 Cumberland River Drawbridge Disaster
Louisville & Nashville passenger train No. 102 plunged through an open drawbridge into the Cumberland River near Clarksville.
June 13, 1947
1947 Cumberland River Bridge Wreck
Louisville & Nashville engine No. 1208 and two freight cars plunged from the partially opened draw span of Clarksville's Cumberland River bridge after a switching movement failed to stop at a signal…
Nov. 15, 1950
1950 Cumberland River Bridge Malfunction
Rail traffic on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad was halted for approximately three hours when the motor used to operate the swing span of the Cumberland River bridge failed while the bridge…