04-21-2014, 08:34 PM
This one is hard to understand. There is an uphill grade from Leetonia to Salem and the first train stalled. Leetonia tower was 2.5 miles west. The following train had a Stop and proceed signal, and there was an operator on duty at the tower, They missed at least 2 signals. I think the fatality was in the caboose of the first train. This would have been about an hour before the eastbound Broadway Limited was due. At the time they could have sent him Bayard branch if they knew the extent of the accident in time. That cut off was in Alliance and would have required a backup move, but quite do-able. If the train was still west o Fairhope it would just be a normal move to enter the Branch.
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