[CBQ] Jumping was Re: Montgomery, IL Train Wreck of 1943

[Kenneth Martin <kmartin537@surewest.net>]

To jump or not to jump is always a tricky question. in the wreck of the Pioneer Zephyr at Napier, MO in 1939 the fireman jumped at 55mph and lived the Engineer and Road Foreman didn't and were killed.  

In a somewhat humorous note on the old Denver South Park and Pacific there was a wreck and the brakeman stayed on and was injured. The superintendent asked him why he didn't jump. He replied "Jump? Where in h*ll could I have jumped to? On one side was a canon a mile deep  and on the other side was a granite wall so close to the cars there wasn't even room a skinny superintendent could stand". The super took it and liked it. He had to.   (M.C. Poor  "Denver South Park and Paacific")

Ken Martin

On Jan 13, 2013, at 12:10 PM, Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com wrote:

 

"Curtis H. Crayton would be the only fatality from the Exposition Flyer!  Crayton's decision to jump from the cab could have been triggered subconsciously by the fact that only three years before his borther-in-law died in a train wreck after being trapped by flames in his engine cab"

 

Pete

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