1920 Rural Retreat Wreck Photos

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And forty years later, N&W rules personnel were STILL most emphatic about
employees knowing which train should take siding at a meeting point.  Meet
orders were to specify who went into the siding . . .

EdKing
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> ICC Report 732 can be viewed at:
> http://www1.librarydigital.com/scripts/ws.dll?websearch&site=dot_railroads
> The report states that the estimated speed of westbound Train 37, Eng.
558,
> was 10 to 12 mph, and that the estimated speed of eastbound Train 14, Eng.
> 102, was 18 to 20 mph.  The two trains collided on the siding at their
> meeting point, and the report states, "This accident was caused by train
No.
> 14 taking the siding at Rural Retreat to meet No. 37 when by rule it
should
> have held the main track."
>
> Gordon Hamilton
>
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> Subject: 1920 Rural Retreat Wreck Photos
>
>
> For those who haven't seen them already, some very good pictures of the
1920
> wreck at Rural Retreat have been posted on the fallen flags web site.
> http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/nw/nw.html
>
> The link to the wreck photos are near the bottom of the page. One of the
six
> links is http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/nw/nw-rrwrk-ech.jpg.
>
> One of the links lists the incident as being reported in ICC report 731.
How
> does one get a copy of this report? I'm curious as to the details of the
> wreck such as how fast was the closing speed of the two trains and what
was
> reported as the cause. This view of the crowd out to watch the clean up is
> interesting as it appears that people dressed up for the event.
>
> Don Trettel
>
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