Rupert,
The BRHS website Passenger Equipment roster shows the Round Up as the
property of Northern Central Railway in New Freedom, PA. and it is
listed as operable.
As for the horn, the only signaling that should have a occurred was
the engineer whistling out his flag which would have sent the rear
brakeman out from the rear of the train the prescribed distance ( I
don't recall what the regulations required, but it should have been
sufficient for any following train to stop.). As I recall, he either
didn't have time to make it back that far or he chose not to do so.
It is also my recollection that the Advanced Flyer had been stopped
for several minutes before the crash occurred. The engineer of the
Advanced Flyer probably never saw or heard the second train
approaching until the impact occurred.
BTW, there is a detailed Interstate Commerce Commission report of the
accident available on line.
During my early years at Electro-Motive, I knew several employees
that were sent out to the wreck to assist wherever possible. When
they arrived at the wreck site, the engines were still idling on the
Exposition Flyer's E-5s. They shut them down. La grange is about 15
miles from Naperville.
Bill Barber
Gravois Mills, MO
On Jan 24, 2010, at 3:12 AM, CBQ@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> Naperville crash
> Posted by: "Rupert & Maureen" gamlenz@ihug.co.nz gamlenz
> Sat Jan 23, 2010 8:31 pm (PST)
>
>
>
> 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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