Bob or anyone
What measures did Budd take to strengthen their pre-war cars both before and
after the 1946 Naperville wreck?
I do know that in a head-on collision involving Santa Fe' chief in 1955, a
prewar Budd dormitory-baggage car was totally demolished to where its existence
in the consist was briefly questioned.
sjl
Bob Webber <no17@comcast.net> wrote:
No, I'm not concerned with the past news as such - Hol's Bulletins
and other news sites on the web have a lot of information on the web
including the photos from the Cushman site. What I was more
interested in though, was if there were any references to it in
current newspapers.
For those unfamiliar with it:
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/cushman/full/P03241.jpg
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/cushman/full/P03242.jpg
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/cushman/full/P03243.jpg
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/cushman/full/P03244.jpg
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/cushman/full/P03245.jpg
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/cushman/full/P03246.jpg
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/cushman/full/P03247.jpg
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/cushman/full/P03248.jpg
http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/cushman/full/P03249.jpg
and
news here:
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/train/a20trainloc.htm
In terms of the results, the primary one really was somewhat lost -
and that was a vindication of the Pullman issue with the pre-war Budd
design being dangerous to their employee (as being a reason they
didn't want to staff pre-war Budd sleepers). The results of the
crash on Silver Inn and the what Budd had already taken to doing on
the roof and on the sides is indicative of a strength problem.
One other result was the creation of The Round-Up from the
Mississippi - the second to last car on the train hit, it was reborn
and is still around. The 3rd-6th to last cars were all Budd pre-war
cars, all three suffering tremendous damage - two - SILVER GLEAM and
CLOUD being rebuilt, one SILVER INN being a complete write off ,
being bent into a U-shape.
At 09:12 AM 4/24/2006, you wrote:
>What would you like to know? I have everything
>including ICC reports on the accident. Providing I can
>locate them haha. Tim
>
>--- Bob Webber <no17@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Tomorrow will be the 60 year anniversary of the
> > Exposition / Advanced
> > Expo wreck at Naperville.
> >
> > If there is anything in local papers, can someone
> > let me know so I
> > can find something on it? Thanks!
> >
> >
> > Bob Webber
> >
> >
>
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