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Episode 126: The 1946 Naperville Wreck

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The Railway Car Wreck

This is a different sort of transition era. A transition era of different railway cars not necessarily seem to diesel, but lightweight versus heavyweight. By 1946 the entire consist was air conditioned. You can notice also that it's a mix of lightweight and what are called heavyweight cars. There's a difference we'll talk about later, but it is important in how this train wrecked. I have to say this picture is spectacular. This is honestly very sick. Sick isn't good. It should all be actually. Every human. But cool thing about this box car. So there's a difference between an express and a regular. The express ones have high speed trucks and they also have steam through lines for the

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