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    Need help with train derailment speed

    I am writing an historical mystery book that includes a train derailment. I have loosely used the famous derailment in Henryetta, OK, in 1929, for some of the details. In your opinions, would a train traveling only about 20 mph derail if the switch was cocked? Would it result in the engine and...
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    Signal Switch Stand info needed

    I am a historical fiction writer working on a novel set in the 1930s that involves a train wreck. Generally, at a small rural train station at this time, who would be in charge of changing the switch stand? Would it be a member of the track gang? The track foreman? Or other? Thanks so much.




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