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Train Wreck! Story 19 historic rail disasters 1833-1958 by Griswold
Train Wreck The story of 19 historic rail disasters 1833 - 1958 By Wesley Griswold
Hard cover with Dust Jacket
Copyright 1969 Perrsonal library tag inside front cover
150 Pages
Illustrated wit contemporary engravings and photographs
CONTENTS
1. When the Going Was Rough1
Camden & Amboy Railroad. November, 1833
2. Headlong into the River7
New York and New Haven Railroad
South Norwalk, Conn., May, 1853
3. The Picnic That Never Was17
North Pennsylvania Railroad
Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, July, 1856
4. Incident at Big Sisters Creek29
Lake Shore Railroad
Angola, New York, December, 1867
5. For Want of a Bell Rope37
Hudson River Railroad
New Hamburg, N. Y., February, 1871
6. A Sudden Blow from Behind47
Eastern Railroad
Revere, Mass., August, 1871
7. On the Wildest Night of Winter55
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad
Ashtabula, Ohio, December, 1876
8. A Runaway in the Mountains66
Southern Pacific Railroad
Tehachapi, Calif., January, 1883
9. Disaster at White River Bridge76
Central Vermont Railroad
West Hartford, Vt., February, 1887
10. Fire in the Grass87
Toledo, Peoria, and Western Railroad
Chatsworth, Ill., August, 1887
11. Washout at Dry Creek98
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Eden, Colorado, August, 1904
12. Asleep at the Throttle104
Michigan Central Railroad
Ivanhoe, Ind., June, 1918
13. A Terrible Week in the War113
Delaware, Lackawanna 8c Western Railroad
Wayland, N. Y., August, 1943
Pennsylvania Railroad
Frankford Junction, September, 1943
New York Central Railroad
Canastota, N. Y., September, 1943
14. Death Rides the Babylon Express120
Long Island Rail Road
Rockville Center, N. Y., February, 1950
Richmond Hill, N. Y., November, 1950
15. "The Broker" Comes to a Bad End132
Pennsylvania Railroad
Woodbridge, N. J., February, 1951
16. A Mysterious Plunge into Newark Bay141
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Bayonne, N. J., September, 1958
TRAIN WRECK!
by Wesley S. Griswold tells in sixteen vivid narratives the story of nineteen appallingly destructive wrecks that spurred the invention or adoption and enforcement of railway safety devices and rules.
First is an 1833 derailment causing the first passenger fatalities on the railroad record. John Quincy Adams was aboard, and Cornelius Vanderbilt, who was so seriously hurt that he bore a traumatic grudge against railroads for 30 years thereafter!
The author goes on to describe what happened in other historic instances of trains out of control, of open draws and buckling spans, of signals unseen or mistaken, of human error and mechanical failure through 125 years of railroad passenger service in America, concluding with a 1958 mystery-the as yet baffling plunge of a Jersey Central commuter train through an open drawbridge into Newark Bay on a bright September morning.
The book divides about equally between the 19th and 20th centuries, reminding us that even with dependable and seemingly foolproof safety systems on guard, the horrifying cry of "train wreck!" may still stop our hearts and rivet our attention.
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