1920 Rural Retreat Wreck Photos

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In a message dated 11/11/2004 8:27:04 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

In  looking at the pictures... it would appear one of the locomotives was  a
Mike maybe and the other a Mogul? ITs hard to tell. At first glance I  was
thinking they were both consolidations but the number of wheels on  the
ground don't add up

Bob Welsh

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> ICC  Report 732 can be viewed at:
>  http://www1.librarydigital.com/scripts/ws.dll?websearch&site=dot_railroads
>  The report states that the estimated speed of westbound Train 37,  Eng.
558,
> was 10 to 12 mph, and that the estimated speed of  eastbound Train 14, Eng.
> 102, was 18 to 20 mph.  The two trains  collided on the siding at their
> meeting point, and the report states,  "This accident was caused by train
No.
> 14 taking the siding at  Rural Retreat to meet No. 37 when by rule it
should
> have held the  main track."
>
> Gordon Hamilton
>
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> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 10:16  PM
> Subject: 1920 Rural Retreat Wreck Photos
>
>
>  For those who haven't seen them already, some very good pictures of  the
1920
> wreck at Rural Retreat have been posted on the fallen  flags web site.
>  http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/nw/nw.html
>
> The link to the wreck  photos are near the bottom of the page. One of the
six
> links is  http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/nw/nw-rrwrk-ech.jpg.
>
> One of the  links lists the incident as being reported in ICC report 731.
How
>  does one get a copy of this report? I'm curious as to the details of  the
> wreck such as how fast was the closing speed of the two trains and  what
was
> reported as the cause. This view of the crowd out to watch  the clean up is
> interesting as it appears that people dressed up for  the event.
>
> Don Trettel
>
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The engine numbers are given.  My reference sources say that 558 was  an E2a 
Pacific, 4-6-2, and 102 was of course a K1 Mountain, 4-8-2.
 
Dave Phelps
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