Chicago South Shore & South Bend Crash Carol Ave.

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Some photos of the crash in the main yard just east of the Carol Ave Station Oct 13, 07 morning.

Photo taken from the Roeske Ave overpass looking West. Car on left is on the little used stub siding. Car on the right is on the main from South Bend normally 4 cars. Car was the lead car.

Car closest to me (on main) on right was the second car of inbound train. – photo above–

Now I am in the Carol Ave parking lot looking East. The word out, is that the car on right pulled out of the siding and into the incoming (West Bound) pulling into the Carol Ave station.

–photo above–

Most of the damage was on the left car, on the main.

Photos taken from station pad looking East

As soon as they began to move the cars. I (everone) was asked to leave the properity. I walk down to Carol Ave sidewalk and took this one. Actual removal of cars took 2 hours with about 4 hours of evaluation.

Car on left the front truck was off the track and move the with of the track. Car on right stayed on rails.

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Any idea if it was the same goofball who caused the last two major accidents. The guy who rammed a train in the Gary station and ignored the signal on the gauntlet track over the bridge on the west side of Gary?

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I would hope that person was fired after those two accidents. He shouldn’t have been around for the second one. This one looks pretty bad too though, but at least not as bad as the gauntlet track incident.

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NO I know both of those Motormen were discharged.

There were no injuries in this accident (or as last reports).

The Gaunlet track was removed after that accident.

The South Shore has not released any official information Yet as far as I seen in the News Dispatch (Michigan City newspaper)