1940 Doodlebug tragedy

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First let me apologize to anyone related to this tragic accident.

I recently saw a short You- tube documentary on the tragic accident and realized that I have an HO scale representative of one of the steam engines involved. I have a brass I1sa number 4533 that was the second locomotive in the consist. What are the odds? I should get as many photos as possible and detail the model to match that era. At least the headlight is in the right place. The tender needs the lines west coal bunker extensions. None of my other locomotives are lines west.

Pete.

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4528 is as close as I can get right now:

I’ve been to the location of the wreck and there has since been a memorial erected dedicated to those involved. Only three survivors out of the 46 passengers and crew involved.

I’ll have to look through some of the stacks or PRR Keystones and other volumes I have on hand to see if I can find either the 4454 or the 4533.

Train Wreck Memorial by Todd Dillon, on Flickr

Cheers, Ed