Midvale - August 19, 1969 A.D.

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The name of the Trainman was Andrew Jackson and he lived in Alexandria,
I knew him well and I talked to his younger brother on the phone two weeks ago.
HB Lyon



>En route to Lynchburg on the Southern Crescent, the trainman told

>me he'd been on No. 47 the night of August 19. He said the rain

>was coming down so hard, it was conforming to the fluted sides

>of the sleeping cars and looking from the rear of the train, the rain

>was coming off in streams..

>

>Some time later, he was on the northbound Crescent that derailed

>on a curve north of Shipman account overspeed. He survived the

>derailment, but afterward, he had a heart attack and died on site.

> Harry Bundy

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