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Tuscarora Almanac - November 22, 1950 - The Book of Wrecks |
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Posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Sat Nov 22 07:05:32 2014 Tuscarora Almanac - November 22, 1950 - The Book of WrecksOne of the worst collisions in the history of the Long Island Railroad occurred on Thanksgiving Eve during the PM Rush. An eastbound Hempstead Branch train had its brakes lock up while on the Mainline in the vicinity of Richmond Hills, New York. It was struck from behind by a twelve car Babylon Express . 79 passengers were killed and over 300 injured. Source: "Next Stop Grand Central" by Stan Fischler Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac - November 22, 1950 - The Book of Wrecks |
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Posted by Karl B on Sat Nov 22 08:38:57 2014, in response to Tuscarora Almanac - November 22, 1950 - The Book of Wrecks, posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Sat Nov 22 07:05:32 2014. I was a teenager delivering the Long Island Press in the Cypress Hills section of Brooklyn in those days.It seemed that everyone knew someone who was involved in the accident in some form or another. Thanksgiving 1950 was bot a happy holiday. It was a terrible terrible tragedy ! |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac - November 22, 1950 - The Book of Wrecks |
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Posted by sloth on Sat Nov 22 09:05:41 2014, in response to Tuscarora Almanac - November 22, 1950 - The Book of Wrecks, posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Sat Nov 22 07:05:32 2014. From what I've read, the brakeman on the disabled train failed to properly flag the rear end, and the engineer of the following train probably mistook the disabled train's signal for his own, though no one could ask him afterwards. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac - November 22, 1950 - The Book of Wrecks |
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Posted by Far Rockaway A Train on Sat Nov 22 13:46:18 2014, in response to Tuscarora Almanac - November 22, 1950 - The Book of Wrecks, posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Sat Nov 22 07:05:32 2014. If this was one of the worst in LIRR history, what was the worst? |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac - November 22, 1950 - The Book of Wrecks |
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Posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Sat Nov 22 14:13:23 2014, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac - November 22, 1950 - The Book of Wrecks, posted by Far Rockaway A Train on Sat Nov 22 13:46:18 2014. If this was one of the worst in LIRR history, what was the worst?In terms of lives lost this was the worst. Earlier in February 1950 there was a head end collision that killed over thirty. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac - November 22, 1950 - The Book of Wrecks |
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Sat Nov 22 15:40:18 2014, in response to Tuscarora Almanac - November 22, 1950 - The Book of Wrecks, posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Sat Nov 22 07:05:32 2014. Thus mandating the installation of cab signals.I remember hearing them when I was a kid riding in the 1st car of an MP-54. The cab signals were actually small whistles |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac - November 22, 1950 - The Book of Wrecks |
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Posted by Lou From Middletown NY on Sat Nov 22 16:35:15 2014, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac - November 22, 1950 - The Book of Wrecks, posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Sat Nov 22 14:13:23 2014. And then less than three months later, the PRR would have the The Broker disaster...a very unsettling period of time to be a commuter... |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac - November 22, 1950 - The Book of Wrecks |
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Posted by Union Tpke on Sat Nov 22 21:25:16 2014, in response to Tuscarora Almanac - November 22, 1950 - The Book of Wrecks, posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Sat Nov 22 07:05:32 2014. It was actually in Kew Gardens |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac - November 22, 1950 - The Book of Wrecks |
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Posted by 3-9 on Sat Nov 22 23:43:02 2014, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac - November 22, 1950 - The Book of Wrecks, posted by Lou From Middletown NY on Sat Nov 22 16:35:15 2014. I just looked it up - man, that was a mess. And it had to happen to an overcrowded train. |
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