I hope that any of you guys working on the Naperville affair have contacted Jim
Christen who lives in Naperville...He is the most knowlegable person I know
regarding the affair..He has lots of photos and newpaper articles.
He does not have or use e mail. I can provide his USPS address and phone if
anyone wants it.
Pete
-----Original Message-----
From: Rupert & Maureen <gamlenz@ihug.co.nz>
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, Jan 25, 2010 1:12 am
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Naperville crash
My thanks to all who responded to the questions, and I will reply to you
individually.
Chuck Spinner has been researching this accident for about 12 months and should
be (perhaps that should be "probably is") aware of
the ICC report, but I will pass all the comments on to him.
If anyone else has any information about the crash or a connection to it,
please feel free to post it or contact me.
As regards the current location of #220 Mississippi (later The Round Up) I've
sent an e-mail query to the association of private car
owners to see if anything is known. If anyone has a direct link into the
association and can help, please do so. Any suggestions
for other lines of enquiry would be most welcome.
Thanks again
Rupert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rupert & Maureen" <gamlenz@ihug.co.nz>
To: "CBQ List" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 5:31 PM
Subject: [CBQ] Naperville crash
> 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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