Brown, who was Alan S, Boyds' assistant, was on a territory familiarization trip at the time.
Clarke, Jr, lost their lives to a fuel truck fouling a grade crossing at Loda. Yes Sir, Januwas not a good day in Loda, Illinois. > the head-end of #1) were terrible years for them. > w/ the gas truck at Loda, IL when he was we riding > American ICRR official died in that fiery crash > And, yes, 1969, and 1970 ( when the first African. > “blood alley” all the way from CHI-NOL, but > As much as I love the ICRR, it truly was a > employee negligence and also the recklessness of > The IC had a terrible record w/ wrecks caused by The 9100 must have had some tales to tell the other enginesĮdited 1 time(s).
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"Men who knew how to act decisively in situations notĬovered in the regulations or beyond their personal experience."įrom the July, 1969 issue of "The Railroad Yardmaster"ĭigitized by the good folks at Google Books. The stopping of the runaway was another case of, Stehman went to Metra when the commuter trains were taken over. In our conversations he never mentioned May 4, 1969. Just the kind of guys you would want around to halt an errant engine To see who could mount or dismount an engine at the greatest speed. The crews would hold impromptu railroad rodeos. The Wabash days, during moments of boredom at Landers yard Those Wabash yard guys were real car wranglers.ģ0+ years ago when I rode the NS Orland Park commuter trains,īob Stehman was one of the regular trainmen.
I remember one of the yards had explosives south Were considered for lining the runaway into a standing cut ofĬars at one place or another. In the telling of the tale that I heard, various plans Night when the number of interlockings, a movable bridgeĪnd the mandatory stop at Pullman Jct. The good Lord was certainly looking over the railroaders that In any case, the runaway got on the C&WI at State Line and Trains on the B&OCT to head north on the C&WI.Īpparently the switches were lined for the connecting track. Link to B&OCT timetable with map on back pageĪt State Line there were connecting tracks for westbound The runaway engine headed west from East Chicago yard. The East Chicago yard is (was) located on the B&OCT TAW was probably a little closer to the story and perhaps The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.I was in high school at the time and heard about this third hand. They rehabilitated it in 1951, replacing part of the substructure. It remained in use as a railroad bridge until about 1946 when the county acquired the bridge and the right-of-way for a county road. Louis and Pacific Railroad, the Wabash Railroad, eventually acquired the D&S and this bridge. It is a three span, wrought iron, Pratt through truss manufactured by the Carnegie Steel Company. This bridge was probably built at that time. Louis Railroad (D&S) was built through the central part of Marion County in 1882. It spans the Des Moines River for 561 feet (171 m). The Wabash Railroad Bridge is a historic structure located south of Pella, Iowa, United States.
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