I'm helping Chuck Spinner with research for his book about the 1946 Naperville
crash which involved the Advance Flyer heading for Lincoln and the Exposition
Flyer going to California. In that connection, can anyone help with these
queries?
According to Bulletin #35 on the Exposition Flyer, there was normally a single
baggage car on that train. Is there a particular reason why there were not any
baggage cars on the Exposition Flyer on that day (other than a lack of demand
for its capacity)?
Does anyone know whether the Burlington gave any restitution to the families of
the victims? Chuck read that one victim's family sued the Burlington for
$10,000, but he couldn't find the outcome of the case.
The Advance Flyer made an unscheduled stop for observation after a trainman
thought he saw something fly from under the train. Should the engineer have
sounded his horn when stopping? If so, why didn't he? (It would probably not
have made any difference but Chuck is curious about this.)
Finally, does anyone know where office car The Round Up is or whether it is
still in existence? This was the buffet/parlor/solarium observation car #220
Mississippi which was rebuilt after the crash as The Round Up, was sold by BN
to Bombardier Ltd. who resold it to Ron Salisbury of Toronto, Canada, in 1972.
Any information would be gratefully received.
Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ
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