On Labor Day weekend in 1967 a Norfolk & Western freight train derailed in Raymond. The following article and photos appeared in the September 7, 1967 issue of The Raymond News.
Raymond's 125th Book published in 1996 gives the following account:
On Labor Day weekend in September 1967, there was a train wreck caused by a hot box. The train had just passed the gas storage tanks when cars began toppling like dominoes. Sue Rossi, on her way in to Raymond, had just gone through the viaduct when the terrible rumbling occurred, and train cars loaded with new automobiles came spilling down, closing the road to traffic. Train cars were overturned for several miles and detectives and railroad crews were in town for a week cleaning up the wreckage. The track was cleared in a remarkably short time, and rail traffic resumed.
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