Rare trio of three (3) albumen stereoviews depicting scenes from the catastrophic wreckage of the "Carroll" steam locomotive. Views include: 

1.)  Overturned Steam Locomotive "Carroll" in the Brush outdoor albumen stereoview. Concord, New Hampshire: W.G.C. Kimball, 1879. Publisher's imprint printed to mount recto. Period ink identification to mount verso. Contemporary ink identification to mount verso. 

 Dramatic overhead perspective looking down into the wooded ravine at the exposed belly, steam cylinders, running gear, drive wheels, and mangled plumbing of the Boston, Concord & Montreal 4-4-0 locomotive "Carroll"  among trees and river brush. 

2.) Scene at the Washout outdoor albumen stereoview. Concord, New Hampshire: W.G.C. Kimball, 1879. Publisher's imprint printed to mount recto. Period ink identification to mount verso. Contemporary ink identification to mount verso. 

 Expansive high-angle view looking along the high embankment overlooking the Merrimack River bottomlands. Captures a massive crowd of trackmen, railway officials, and spectators lining the washed-out right-of-way around the overturned tender and rolling stock down the slope, with an active steam relief work train standing on the mainline in the background.

3.) Wreck of the Boston, Concord, & Montreal RR Locomotive "Carroll"  outdoor albumen stereoview. Concord, New Hampshire: W.G.C. Kimball, 1879. Publisher's imprint printed to mount recto. Period ink identification to mount verso. Contemporary ink identification to mount verso. 

Detailed study of the overturned boiler and chassis resting in the timbered gully, with a wooden railroad line car and relief crew positioned along the intact rails above. 

On 10 December 1879, torrential rains and high waters along the Merrimack River undermined the Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad roadbed near Sewell's Falls in East Concord, causing a disastrous embankment failure beneath a train under the charge of Conductor H.W. Hull. Prominent local photographer Walter G.C. Kimball rushed to the scene with his stereo camera, capturing crisp, large-format documentary exposures of the overturned 4-4-0 American-type locomotive before salvage crews raised the engine. The precise inscriptions identifying the locomotive name, conductor, railroad company, and exact calendar date elevate these views into an exceptionally well-documented Northern New England rail archive.

[Stereoview, Stereocard, Railroads, Train Wreck, Washout, Boston Concord & Montreal Railroad, BC&M RR, Locomotive Carroll, 4-4-0, Steam Engine, Merrimack River, Sewell's Falls, East Concord, Concord, New Hampshire, W.G.C. Kimball, Transportation, Industrial History, 19th Century Photography]

Very good condition. The prints retain strong tonal contrast and exceptional sharpness, showing faint, scattered foxing and minor peripheral handling marks. The yellow card mounts remain flat, rigid, and well preserved.