A Wreck in Downers Grove, Illinois -- 11 Photos
Looking north.
First, this is not the big famous one where the Train of the Goddesses sheared off the front of the Main Street Depot. I wrote about that this blog: railfan44.blogspot.com/2013/10/downers-grove-depot-front-...
This wreck happened in August 1965. I woke up on Friday August 27 an somehow heard that there was a wreck on the CB&Q about 1/2 mile from my house in Westmont, IL. It was actually just west of the Maple Ave. grade crossing in eastern Downers Grove (a couple of blocks west of the Fairview Ave. commuter stop). Grabbed my camera and found what these 11 photographs show. The photos are in the sequence taken. Clearly the morning Dinkey rush didn't occur. All the cars that stayed on the rails were gone. The wreck was between the the home signals of the four crossovers used mainly for express Dinkeys to cross over off or on the middle track. Here is the Google view: www.google.com/maps/place/41%C2%B047'44.0%22N+88%C2%B000'...
I have added very few comments to the photos. I never did learn anything about the wreck, e.g., cause and direction of the train.
A Wreck in Downers Grove, Illinois -- 11 Photos
Looking north.
First, this is not the big famous one where the Train of the Goddesses sheared off the front of the Main Street Depot. I wrote about that this blog: railfan44.blogspot.com/2013/10/downers-grove-depot-front-...
This wreck happened in August 1965. I woke up on Friday August 27 an somehow heard that there was a wreck on the CB&Q about 1/2 mile from my house in Westmont, IL. It was actually just west of the Maple Ave. grade crossing in eastern Downers Grove (a couple of blocks west of the Fairview Ave. commuter stop). Grabbed my camera and found what these 11 photographs show. The photos are in the sequence taken. Clearly the morning Dinkey rush didn't occur. All the cars that stayed on the rails were gone. The wreck was between the the home signals of the four crossovers used mainly for express Dinkeys to cross over off or on the middle track. Here is the Google view: www.google.com/maps/place/41%C2%B047'44.0%22N+88%C2%B000'...
I have added very few comments to the photos. I never did learn anything about the wreck, e.g., cause and direction of the train.