Accident reports

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Rick's note reminded me that when Bob Bowers and I were writing the caboose
book for the Society, I traveled to the ICC Library in Washington, DC
several times for research.  At that time my focus was on building a roster
of the earliest cabooses and the ICC Library contained an extensive
collection of the Official Railway Equipment Registers.  I didn't really
have time to browse the rest of the collection but it was extensive.  I
think the information Rick received is probably correct; as I understand
it, some material was shipped to a University (I think in Colorado but
might be wrong); one can only hope that there is material that just hasn't
been scanned yet, but I would hold my breath.

Jim Brewer

On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 10:50 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> I brought this question up to someone who researched the ICC accident
> files.  The answer I got is that a lot of the files were thrown out with
> the closure of the ICC, and what remains is what is available on-line.  One
> of my theories was that accidents with no fatalities were not in the files,
> but that proved not to be true.  There are minor accidents as well as
> horrendous accidents in the files. It is odd that some years are extensive
> and some years show few accidents, or that some railroads had no
> accidents.  That makes no sense.
>
> --Rick Morrison
>
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> *Subject:* Accident reports
>
> I have seen the accident reports on the ICC site for the N&W. I have seen
> photos of accidents that are not on the ICC listings. My 2 questions are,
> why were some listed and some not? Is there a company listing of all the
> accidents that were on the N&W?
>
> Jeff Wood
>
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