Rural Retreat Wreck, 10-20-1920 - 105th Anniversary

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I receive my N&W List in digest form, which means  I get them in a bundle,
rather than singly as they are posted.  So I do not know if anyone has
already addressed this matter today, October 20.  But since it would be a
shame to let the date go unremarked, I shall set forth...

Today is the 105th anniversary of the head-on collision of First Class
trains 37 and 14, near the west end of the Rural Retreat Passing Siding.
(14 was Superior by Direction and should have held the Main Track at the
meeting point, but headed into the siding and met 37 head-on just north of
the switch.)

Thanks to Mr. Blevins' meticulous work with photographic evidence vis-a-vis
still-existing structures, we can with reasonable certainty fix the point
of collision within less than a hundred feet.

If you want to find the spot, copy and paste these coordinates into the
search box of Google Maps or (much better) Google Earth.

36.8936,  -81.2828

Thank you, Mr. Blevins, for all your research into this matter.

-- abram burnett
Now On Sale:  Left-Handed Turnips
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