Re: [CBQ] Aug 7, 1947 IC passenger and CB&Q freight derailment south of Litchfield, IL

[Ted Schnepf <railsunl@sbcglobal.net>]

Hello,

Could the IC Green Diamond in that era have been the light weight 
train similar to the Zephyr, but in green?

ted

At 07:56 PM 8/8/2009, you wrote:
>Yes, this accident happened just south of Lichfield, IL on August 7, 
>Aug 7 of 1947 to be exact.
>
>There's several nice black and white photos of the accident with 
>derailed passenger cars and what look like open-bay coal hoppers on the CB&Q.
>
>The CB&Q track is the Beardstown-Centralia sub.  With the IC it 
>could be either a steam or diesel since they had a handful passenger 
>diesels, though IC didn't really dieselize freight until the mid-1950s.
>
>The Green Diamond, as the train was known, was traveling at 70 
>m.p.h. when it ripped into the freight train at a point where the 
>two lines cross. Two passenger cars and a baggage car derailed and 
>overturned. The crash occurred at 11:15 a.m.; the train was due in 
>Springfield at noon.

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