I couldn’t access the NTSB report by the reference number or the date, any clues, or perhaps they didn’t maake it available for some reason.
Ditto; On what Beaulieu said! [:'(]
If anyone can find and post a link it would be much appreciated![bow]
ED
I can’t say for sure, the figure I gave is mostly from what I’ve come up with from our “not so local news” out of Terre Haute.
Vincennes, is wanting the 60 trains out of downtown or the state to build a grade separation of some kind.
Terre Haute, well, the mayor n other city leader’s just want the train out of town period it seems. Especially the old C&EI, which basically cuts the downtown in half with about 30 or so a day N-S.
I just came up with a “best guess” from those stories for the old B&O.
If you get down that way let us know what numbers you come up with.
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There was a brief mention of this wreck in the front part of one of the early 1996 issues of Trains. It accurately summarized the cause and mentioned that the wreck was around the US Rt. 40 overpass. When I have more time I’ll retrieve it again and retype it here, for what it’s worth.
Still no joy on finding an on-line version of the cited NTSB “RAB” = “Railroad Accident Brief” report, I believe (“RAR” are the long-form full “Railroad Accident Reports”).
- Paul North.
I was there a week after the wreck. It was at the US40 overpass. There were wrecked cars on either side of the overpass but the majority of the wrecked cars and the burned locomotives were in the east side of the overpass.
It was a truly awful site as it continued to smoulder a week after the crash and the smell of smoke filled the air.
My dad was freight conductor on that mainline Indianapolis -St.Louis run for PRR, & Conrail for more than 40 yrs., inluding Penn Central Passenger Conductor from 68-1976 but retired about 1985. I’m glad he didn’t see it happen – he probably knew those guys.
Is there anymore photos of the wrecked locomotives