
Episode 126: The 1946 Naperville Wreck
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The North Pacific Wreck
One of the major issues with this wreck was that it was a mix of old and new equipment. Heavyweight cars tended to fare quite good in derailments. Although you are safer in a heavyweight car, it was not a guaranteed safety, safe place to beat. The lightweight cars were actually fairly okay. But mixing the two together in the consist caused the lighterweight cars obviously to take more of the impact force than some of their heavyweight counterparts. For separate investigations ensued, as we talked about the coroner's office recommended band's water charges for the engineer then the second one. This is a really weird one and not one I would imagine they do in the aviation industry. So the Chicago Burlington and
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