Wreck of Old 97 - 122nd Anniversary

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This article appeared in the Southern Ties magazine.  Guess it is close to the actual cause as you can get.  Seems old Steve opened the throttle wide when he was on the bridge. Guess you could say he had engine under control.  It was the last car being jerked off in the curve was the culprit.  Jim Blackstock




 

    On Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 11:47:27 AM EDT, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:   

 Since our Norfolk & Western has now long since eaten and successfully digested the Southern Railroad, one assumes it gives no offense here to mention that today is the 122nd anniversary of the Wreck of Old 97 at Danville, Va.
No Turnips were harmed in that wreck, as the train was carrying only mail and canaries.
And, by the way, the Engineman, Joseph A. Broady, was from Saltville, Va, and had previously been an engineman on the N&W.  I believe the newspaper accounts said that Ole Josephus was returned to Saltville for burial, so perhaps our own Capt. Gary Price, another denizen of Saltville, can some day look up his grave and inform us accordingly.
Now I gotta be run and catch the Wooden Axle's No. 3 at Ingleside...
-- abram burnettCounter-Clockwise Matrix Turnip Flux - Sold by the Flask.________________________________________
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