Hi Rupert, Greg and List,
Before I was born, my parents and older siblings lived in Naperville, near the
accident site at the time of the crash. I recall them, while I was growing up,
discussing the gruesome details of hearing the crash, and witnessing its
terrible result in person. Unfortunately, nobody is still around in my family
that I could now ask questions about this tragedy.
Verne Brummel,
Fitchburg,WI
>
> Below is part of the ICC report for the accident at Naperville.
>
>
> No. 11, a west-bound first-class passenger train, consisted of
> Diesel-electric units 9920 A and 9920 B, one baggage car, one storage-mail
> car, two baggage cars, one mail car, one refrigerator-express car, two
> baggage cars, two coaches, one dining car, one parlor-lounge car and one,
> coach, in the order named. The sixth car was of steel-underframe
> construction, the ninth to eleventh-cars, inclusive, were of lightweight
> stainless-steel construction, and the remainder of the cars were of
> conventional all-steel construction. This train departed from Chicago Union
> Station, 28.44 miles east of Naperville, at 12:35 p.m., on time, and, moving
> on track No. 2, passed Downer's Grove, the last open office, 7.32 miles east
> of Naperville, at 12:57 p.m., 1 minute late. Soon afterward, some object was
> seen flying front beneath one of the cars and the train was stopped at
> Naperville for inspection at 1:03 p.m., with the rear end standing 1,097 feet
> east of the station. About 2 minutes later the rear end was struck by No. 39.
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