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  • April 2, 1945: MAIN TRACKS STILL CLOSED SIXTY HOURS AFTER B&O WRECK

    11/26/2021 1:17:17 PM PST · by Fester Chugabrew · 34 replies
    Defiance Crescent News ^ | April 2, 1945 | Unknown
    [Defiance, Ohio] Sixty hours of work today had nearly cleared the Baltimore & Ohio and the Wabash tracks at the junction in the west yards here of debris from 26 cars smashed and piled up in a $300,000 freight train wreck, caused by a stalled automobile worth $300. C.T. Williams, B&O division superintendent, said at noon today that the main east bound track would be back in service by 4 o’clock this afternoon but that some time will elapse before the west bound main track, requiring materials from railroad shops, is restored. Three railroad cranes, the city’s power shovel, and...