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Re: [BRHSlist] Re: Twin Cities Zephyr Derailment

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Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Re: Twin Cities Zephyr Derailment
From: "John Lewis" <CBQJohn@m...>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 12:58:30 -0800
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James,

Go to the link below:

http://specialcollections.tasc.dot.gov/scripts/ws.dll?login&site=dot_railroads

Click on 1947, then scroll down to "Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad". It will take you to the ICC report on the wreck.

Basically, the eastbound Zephyr struck a tractor on a flat car ... the tractor had shifted, and the lead motor (9914A) hit the tractor at 70 mph, derailing the train.

If I recall correctly, there is a photo of the aftermath of the wreck in the Burlington Route Historical Society "Burlington Bulletin" #22, entitled "Trains of the Gods & Goddesses". It is available from the Burlington Route Historical Society Company Store at the link below:

http://www.burlingtonroute.com

Hope this helps!

Regards from San Diego,
John Lewis








From: "David Lotz" <Dave_Lotz@m...>
Reply-To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
To: "James Sucha" <hiawatha4@h...>
CC: "BRHSlist" <BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [BRHSlist] Re: Twin Cities Zephyr Derailment
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 14:09:59 -0600

James,

I've forwarded your email to the BRHSlist. I'm certain that someone will
respond!

Dave Lotz
BRHS


----- Original Message -----
From: "James Sucha" <hiawatha4@h...>
To: <brhs@n...>
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 10:03 AM
Subject: Twin Cities Zephyr Derailment


> Hello!
> Can anyone tell me about the 1947 derailment of the Twin Cities Zephyr at
> Downers Grove or Naperville?
>
> I am assuming it was the train of the Gods that hit the station, pulled by
> an E-5? I have been told about it by people here in Denver, CO, but
cannot
> find any pictures of it.
>
> I am interested because my mom was on it earlier in the day between E.
> Winona, WI and La Crosse. She said it rode badly and made her sick- so she
> got off at La Crosse and transferred over to the Milwaukee Road to catch
the
> Afternoon Hi to Chicago. When she arrived in Union Station, she heard that
> the Zephyr had derailed in Downers Grove and injured many people in the
> first cars.
>
> Any information?
>
> James Sucha
>
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