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Posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sat Feb 16 13:32:16 2019 Tuscarora Almanac – February 16, 1914 – The Book of Wrecks Manhattan, New York Interborough Rapid Transit Company The lead car of a southbound six car train on the 9th Avenue El jumps the track and the front end lands in the street below. The accident occurred at West 138th Street and 8th Avenue. (Frederick Douglas Boulevard)The motorman was a Mr. John H. Becker and due to the fact that the train landed in a snow pile he was spared serious injury. Source: New York Times / February 17, 1914, article furnished by Mr. Heypaul Tuscarora Almanac – February 16, 1958 – The Book of Wrecks Camden, New Jersey Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines There is a fire in the car shed on a Delaware River Pier that’s destroys RDC’s M404 and M412. Source: Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines in Color (Morning Sun Books /1996) by Mr. John P. Stroup Source: BuddCar, The RDC Story (Weekend Chief Publishing /1990) by Mr. Chuck Crouse Tuscarora Almanac - February 16, 1996 - The Book of Wrecks This article was written by Mr. Peter Erhlich (Milantram) Silver Spring, Maryland Amtrak / MARC On this date in 1996, Amtrak's Capitol Limited collided head-on with an inbound MARC commuter train near Silver Spring, Maryland. 11 people were killed and 26 injured. The crash occurred on a stretch of CSX-owned double track. The MARC train, operated by a CSX crew, failed to stop at a red signal guarding movement across a crossover from inbound (eastbound) to outbound (westbound) main tracks, and the lead cab car, 7752, struck Amtrak locomotives 811/255, a P40/F40PHR lashup. The Capitol Limited had six head-end MHC cars, followed by a baggage car, a transition/dorm car, and seven Superliner revenue cars. The three MARC cars and Amtrak 255 were destroyed. The rupturing of Amtrak 255's fuel tank and subsequent conflagration contributed to the casualties. All of the fatalities were on the MARC train, including all three CSX crew members. Eight of these were burned to death. After the investigation and NTSB report, the FRA issued new rules for new passenger cars, requiring larger windows, and other recommendations. The new larger windows can be seen today on all LIRR/Metro-North EMU stock acquired since 2001, and also on the NJTransit Comet V cars and MLVs. Also, CSX was criticized for removing one signal between Kensington and Georgetown Junction that might have reduced the collision possibility. Source: The Washington Post, NTSB Accident Report RAR9702; DailyRRHist Yahoo! Groups discussion group; and other sources. Milantram (Peter Ehrlich) Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Sat Feb 16 13:55:06 2019, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for February 16, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sat Feb 16 13:32:16 2019. I would add to Peter's history. The MARC train had made a flag stop at Kensington Station, after passing the last "distant" signal. There was dispute as to whether the engineer had seen a green "clear" or a yellow "approach" signal. While CSX engineers were supposed to call out the signals by radio to Jacksonville (system dispatching) there was radio trouble in the snow that day, and no tapes of the engineer were found. The rule "delayed in block" was added such that if a train has stopped or otherwise been delayed, the train should move at a lower speed until seeing a new signal. |
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Posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sat Feb 16 14:34:50 2019, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for February 16, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Sat Feb 16 13:55:06 2019. Jackson: Thank you for the additional information. If you don't mind I will add it to the post with due credit for yourself. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Sat Feb 16 14:44:37 2019, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for February 16, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sat Feb 16 14:34:50 2019. you are welcome, and of course you may. |
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Sat Feb 16 17:57:17 2019, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for February 16, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sat Feb 16 13:32:16 2019. IIRC this accident was the reason that all Metro-North & CDOT shoreliner coaches had their lock tumblers removed on end doors preventing them from being locked. A contributing factor to the fatalities on the MARC train was the end doors were locked on empty (dead head) coaches preventing trapped passengers from moving to a coach not involved.I can't say for sure if that was also done on M-N electric equiptment |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat Feb 16 19:42:11 2019, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for February 16, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sat Feb 16 13:32:16 2019. And for the Book of Last Runs...Streetcar service on the remaining northern half of Chicago's 36 Broadway-State route ended in the early morning hours on February 16, 1957. Green Hornet 7201 made the last run. After this date, only one streetcar route remained in all of Chicago: 22 Clark-Wentworth. 7201 is mentioned as making the final run in Chicago Surface Lines. |
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