1920 Rural Retreat Wreck Photos

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Bob - see Gordon Hamilton's recap of the ICC report, below.

The N&W never owned Mikes, and had only a few old 19th century Moguls
inherited from predecessor lines.

The engine on the left is the 102, a K1 4-8-2.  The one on the right is the
558, an E2 4-6-2 (the trailer is sort of a giveaway that it ain't a 2-6-0)

EdKing
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> In looking at the pictures... it would appear one of the locomotives was a
> Mike maybe and the other a Mogul? ITs hard to tell. At first glance I was
> thinking they were both consolidations but the number of wheels on the
> ground don't add up
>
> Bob Welsh
>
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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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