| CB&Q E7 9922B at the Eola Illinois Reclamation Plant on October 11, 1964, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 9922B was built in November 1945 (c/n 2951), and was wrecked at Montgomery, Illinois on September 27, 1964. This unit was the second of three E-units (9987A in the background was the third) leading Train Number 3. Part of the lead unit is seen in the far background on a flat car. Train Number 3 was mis-directed into a standing detouring Rock Island train and Number 3 struck the Rock Island train at about 52 mph. Four railroad employees were killed. After the wreck was cleaned up and service restored, the wreckage was moved to the Eola Reclamation Plant where it was held for a couple of weeks while the investigation took place. |