Russ et al
There are two more that, in my opinion top that one
In 1953 there was a 100 MPH turnover of train No. 14 east of Creston, IA
because the fireman was back in the engine room and the hoghead was whittling
a piece of plywood to fit the window of the door behind him which wouldn't
roll up after the fireman had rolled it down at Creston.
Said hoghead apparently put her in Run 8 and went to work on the plywood and
lost complete realization as to where he was at and entered a restricted
curve at what is estimated at about 100mph.
On the CNW in 1963 in their automatic train control territory between
Clinton, IA and Chicago, around Nelson, an engine crew had disabled the ATC
by twisting the chain which held the key and cutting out the automatic brake
application feature.
It was a cold winter day and the whistle was froze up and both engineer and
fireman were down in the nose trying to thaw out the air pipe to the whistle
with a fusee, they missed the warning whistle of the ATC when they entered a
block occupied by a local switching on the mainline. Said local's conductor
was supposed to be protecting the RE while his THREE brakemen were taking
care of the switching. Well he apparently was "protecting" the inside of the
waycar near the stove or asleep and never heard the approaching train.
Conductor was killed.
ATC plus FULL CREW didn't stop that one. It's an interesting one to read if
you haven't seen it.
Pete
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