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The Glenrock train wreck is the worst train wreck in Wyoming history, killing 30.〔http://trib.com/news/local/article_95dec472-b119-5f7d-8be3-740c6deaf8a1.html BP Amoco timeline〕 It happened on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad between Glenrock and Casper on September 23, 1923.〔http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wyoming.counties.natrona/541.2/mb.ashx Worst Train Wreck in Wyoming History--1923〕 (The nearest current community is Meadow Acres, lying west of the site, across the North Platte River). It occurred when the crack Casper to Denver train, only 15 miles into its journey, plunged into Cole Creek after the bridge spanning it had washed away after three days of storms.〔〔http://www3.gendisasters.com/wyoming/4346/glen-rock,-wy-train-wreck,-sept-1923 ''Dallas Morning News'', 29 Sept 1923〕 The period of September 27–29 storms caused flooding over much of central Wyoming and wrecked other railroad bridges, though none with such catastrophic results. Newspaper reporters from Denver who attempted to reach the site by road were still stranded 100 miles away on September 29.〔''Railroad Wrecks'' by Edgar A. Haine, p99-100, publ 1993. ISBN 0-8453-4844-2〕 ==The Wreck== The train concerned was operated jointly by the Burlington and the Colorado and Southern Railroad and comprised seven cars hauled by Colorado and Southern engine No.350.〔ICC Report〕 It had left Casper at 8.35 p.m., due in Denver at 10 a.m. the following day.〔http://www3.gendisasters.com/wyoming/988/lockett,-wy-train-wreck,-oct-1923 ''Fairplay Flume'', Colorado 1923-10-05〕 According to the official ICC report it was traveling at a speed between when it reached bridge 98 crossing Cole Creek; the bridge being on a curve was not visible to the headlights of the train until it was too late. The only surviving member of the train or engine crew stated that the emergency brakes were only applied just before the train plunged off the rails. After the accident very little of the bridge structure remained. The engine ended up 'practically submerged in sand' the structure of the first car was completely destroyed; the next three cars ended up in the creek; the 2nd and 4th on top of the 3rd which was 'demolished'; the 5th car remained on the west bank with one end submerged; although it finally fell into the torrent.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Glenrock train wreck」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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