Train order signal - Bedford, Virginia

[NW Mailing List]

Harry

Conductor Clem High lost his life in that wreck.  He was the conductor 
on the local.

Jim Blackstock


On 7/27/2018 4:09 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List wrote:
> Frank:
> Landon Gregory occasionally worked at Bedford as operator.  He told me
> he was on hand at the passenger station to sell tickets at train time, 
> then
> circulated to the freight station (on the original main line through 
> Bedford)
> to do clerical work.  Maybe the signal was arranged so that it could be
> manipulated from either station.
> No doubt visibility played a part.   On June 11, 1945, Extra 1233 East 
> passed
> the signal and rear-ended a local east of the overhead bridge in the 
> background:
> 1 killed, 2 injured.  ICC attributed the collision to overspeed.   
> Harry Bundy
>
>
> ________________________________________
> NW-Mailing-List at nwhs.org
> To change your subscription go to
> http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list
> Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at
> http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://pairlist6.pair.net/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/attachments/20180727/ba7197b9/attachment.html>