Re: [CBQ] Fox River Collision - Yeagan Pit

[Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com]

There were a couple more of the gas cars involved with head on collisons...One 
at Donnelly, IA in about 1930 and one on the Ashland Sioux City line a few 
years later.

On all of these the ICC always recommended the switch from Gas to Diesel fuel, 
but I think that it was the Post Office department with their "leverage" who 
finally pressured the railroads into making the conversion.

Pete


-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Weibler <pawnbaw@sbcglobal.net>
To: CBQlist <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 6:34 pm
Subject: [CBQ] Fox River Collision - Yeagan Pit






Hello, Karl, Russ, Pete and All -
Seems like I wrote something up on this collision a few years back - the 
motorcar was no match for an O1a and got knocked backwards a considerable 
distance. The impact ruptured the gasoline tank on the m.c. and it was engulfed 
in flames.
It is my understanding that this led the USPS-Railway Mail Service to require 
any m.c. hauling United States mail to be diesel powered. You will see 
motorcars on many railroads that were converted from gasoline to diesel at 
about this time. PAW

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