Train Wreck Bridge

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Train Wreck Bridge Train Wreck Bridge is a popular stopping place along the Wabash Trace Nature Trail in beautiful southwest Iowa.

(4 Miles North of Malvern) During the 1940's the railroad placed old train cars along the bank of Silver Creek to deter further soil erosion Train Wreck Bridge is a popular stopping place along the Wabash Nature Trail in beautiful southwest Iowa. During the 1940's the railroad placed retired train cars along the bank of Silver Creek to deter further soil erosion. Local folklore depicts the bridge as the site of a horrific train derailment in the winter of 1901 involving an orphan train from New York. Accounts have been reported of children-like figures on the banks of the creek and the woods nearby.

05/12/2026

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Malvern, IA
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