Rougemont Wreck in 1949

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Andre:
Fred is doing very well! I saw him at Aubrey Wiley's last week. He's starting on his thirty-something wooden engine. I'm gonna grab him one day and get a tour of the L&D to Durham!
Charlie Long
(upper end of the L&D)

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>Ed 

>Wrecked at Rougemont, NC on Aug. 27, 1949. Extra 1333 Class Z1b and 2152

>Class Y6 doubleheaded, derailed causing the 1333 to turn over and

>the 2152 leave the rail. 

>Jim Blackstock 

>At 09:38 PM 7/14/2008, you wrote: 

><blockquote type="cite" class="cite" cite="">I recall that as a youngster my

>father took me from Roxboro to Rougemont (NC; thus the Durham line) to

>see a train wreck. I would like to dig out some details of that wreck,

>including local newspaper coverage (which requires me to pin down the

>approximate date of the wreck). 

>The online contents for The ARROW provide this information: 

>Vol. 18, No. 4 July / August 2002 issue of The ARROW 

>Tales from the Front / Adventures on the Durham Line - Fred

>Reburn, Rob Minton. 

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>Photo The wreck at Rougemont, NC in 1949 brought quite a mess to a

>local farmer's hog lot. (Fred Reburn Collection) 

>Photo As Z-1 No. 1333 lies in the brush, one of the animals walks

>calmly by on the right, apparently unperturbed by the disturbance. The

>farmer, we assume, had a more vociferous reaction. (Fred Reburn

>Collection) 

>Can anyone provide the exact date of the wreck at Rougemont or direct me

>to sources of information about the wreck? 

>Thanks, Ed Clayton 

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