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The Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster

Pertaining to all railroading subjects, past and present, in the American Midwest, including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Kansas. For questions specific to a railroad company, please seek the appropriate forum.

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The Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster

  by CR4Moose
 
Today is the 130th anniversary of the "Ashtabula Horror", an engineering failure that claimed the lives of 92 passengers in one of America's worst railroad accidents. To commemorate this tragic event, I've written an article on a blog I help maintain. Feel free to check it out, if you like. You can add your own comments, too. Here's the link:

http://cr4.globalspec.com/blogentry/842 ... ula-Horror

Hope to hear from you!

Moose
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