1937 Plymouth two-door
What I find interesting about this news article is that it goes into considerable depth. We don't often find this kind of reporting today. Not only is it informative, but entertaining in a way.
In the course of focus on this article I undertook to study the location of the wreck using Google Earth. Also the former home of the individual whose stalled car caused the wreck. Searched out an image of a 1937 Plymouth two-door as well, just to get a better idea of what happened.
How fun would it be to seek out members of the family of John L. Dreves, the train crew, the wreck cleaning crew, and others in order to get a more robust understanding.
The article is from April 2, 1947. The wreck occurred the previous Saturday morning, March 31, at 1:30. That year it was Easter weekend.
I have 8 photos or so showing the wreck, and a photo of the locomotive in its glory days. Only used a few of them if you care to see the "blog."
Anyway, I hope you enjoy this little slice of local history in a small town. I also hope those who commented on the original post will return, because their comments were interesting, as it always is with Freepers. If I had any skills in cinematography I'd make something of this slice of history just for fun.
Freight train versus car.
Who won? 🤡
Thank you for sharing. I found it enlightening and distressing as well.
Jowhorenalism students begin semi-literate and if they follow leftist guidelines remain so.
Also, I learned to drive in 1972 in that exact model Plymouth with my brother (who owned the car) in the passenger seat for most of the ride. Had a 3-speed column shifter and clutch. Boy what fun. But it was a blast. Especially when he let me drive solo after my third time out.
Never had such a thrill again until I soloed in gliders, then SE light planes (then high-powered aerobatics) decades later.
Thanks for the memories.
April 2, 1945 | Unknown
Which is it? 45 or 47?
Use of the POWs suggests '45, which raises the question as to why a 22 year old guy was joyriding around town playing chicken with trains instead of defending the country.
Didn’t Joe Biden tell the story just the other day? How he was riding on the train when it happened and he saved the engineer a brakeman an little girl and a puppy?
Sixty hours of work today. They must have changed how time works since I lived there.
Thank you for posting this fascinating report. There is nothing like it nowadays.
B&O Railroad. They must have named it after the square on the Monopoly board.
Oooh, I hope Jaw Tooth gets some good footage from here.
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April 2, 1945: MAIN TRACKS STILL CLOSED SIXTY HOURS AFTER B&O WRECK
Defiance Crescent News ^ | April 2, 1945 | Unknown
Posted on 11/26/2021, 4:17:17 PM by Fester Chugabrew