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CHRISTISEN RAILROAD COLLECTION
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
INVESTIGATIONS OF ACCIDENTS

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Box Contents List

Series XII Interstate Commerce Commission Investigations of Accidents (I.C.C.)

Continuing in Box 6

Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad (CM & St. P)

April 27, 1915: Report of Chief of the Division of Safety covering investigation of an accident on CM & St. P at Oakwood, Wisconsin, January 30,1915

May 27, 1915: Report of Chief of the Division of Safety covering investigation of an accident on CM & St. P at Oakwood, Wisconsin, February 9, 1915

April 28, 1920: Report of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the CM & St. P at Farmington, Minnesota, March 4, 1920 (# 674)

January 15, 1921: Report of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the CM & St. P at Piedmont, Montana, September 30, 1920 (# 725)

September 23, 1921: Report of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the CM & St. P and the Minneapolis & St. Louis RR at Perry, Iowa on July 30,1921 (#806)

April 13, 1923: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the CM & St. P near Poynette, Wisconsin, on March 26, 1923 (# 945)

April 18, 1924: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the CM & St. P near Portsmouth, Iowa, on March 6, 1924 (# 1036)

August 29, 1925: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the CM & St. P near Rahway, Montana, April 22, 1925 (# 1149)

December 10,1925: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the CM & St. P near Sacred Heart, Minnesota, on November 15, 1925 (# 1222)

October 27,1926: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the CM & St. P at Tatanka, South Dakota, on September 7, 1926 (#1290)

November 30,1926: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the CM & St. P at Davenport, Iowa, on October 29, 1926 (# 1303)

October 29, 1927: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the CM & St. P at Murdo Mackenzie, South Dakota, on October 2, 1927 (# 1366)

Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (CM St. P & P)

November 7,1927: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the CM St. P & P at Sturtevant, Wisconsin, on August 12, 1927 (# 1352)

November 14,1929: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the CM St. P & P near Tomah, Wisconsin, on July 15, 1929 (# 1543)

November 18,1929: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the CM St. P & P at Wadsworth, Illinois, on August 9, 1929 (# 1551)

March 10,1930: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the CM St. P & P at Janesville, Wisconsin, on January 18, 1930 (# 1609)

April 3,1931: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred at the intersection of the tracks of the CM St. P & P and The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railway at Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1931 (# 1694)

March 30,1932: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety concerning investigation of an accident which occurred on the CM St. P & P at Tomah, Wisconsin, on January 30, 1932 (# 1749)

March 29,1932: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety concerning investigation of an accident which occurred at the intersection of the tracks of the Great Northern railway and CM St. P & P near Wahpeton, North Dakota, on January 30, 1932 (# 1750)

July 21, 1932: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety concerning investigation of an accident which occurred on the CM St. P & P near Durand, Illinois, on June 6, 1932 (# 1767)

November 22,1932: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety concerning investigation of an accident which occurred on the CM St. P & P at Atkins, Iowa, on August 30, 1932 (# 1784)

April 12,1933: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety concerning investigation of an accident which occurred on the CM St. P & P near Sobieski, Wisconsin, on February 8, 1933 (# 1807)

July 12,1933: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety concerning investigation of an accident which occurred on the CM St. P & P at Kingston, Illinois, on May 14, 1933 (# 1825)

November 20,1933: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety concerning investigation of an accident which occurred on the CM St. P & P at Gladwin, Iowa, on July 21, 1933 (# 1836)

February 23,1934: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety concerning investigation of an accident which occurred on the CM St. P & P at Java Junction, South Dakota, on December 22, 1933 (# 1876)

May 8,1934: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety concerning investigation of an accident which occurred on the CM St. P & P at Wegdahl, Minnesota, on February 19, 1934 (# 1891)

April 27,1934: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety concerning investigation of an accident which occurred on the CM St. P & P near Iron Mountain, Michigan, on February 22, 1934 (# 1894)

May 11,1934: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety concerning investigation of an accident which occurred on the CM St. P & P near Spechts Ferry, Iowa, on March 6, 1934 (# 1900)

November 24,1934: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety concerning investigation of an accident which occurred on the CM St. P & P near Guttenberg, Iowa, on October 11, 1934 (# 1936)

May 3,1951: Report No. 3390, CM St. P & P of an Accident at Mitchell, South Dakota, on March 6,1951

August 12,1952: Report No. 3472, CM St. P & P of an Accident near Dancy, Wisconsin, on July 6,1952

May 29,1953: Report No. 3514, CM St. P & P of an Accident near Lewis, Indiana, on March 28,1953

July 16,1953: Report No. 3525, CM St. P & P of an Accident near Superior, Montana, on May 31,1953

April 4,1955: Report No. 3615, CM St. P & P of an Accident near Wadsworth, Illinois, on February 13,1955

July 21,1955: Report No. 3632, CM St. P & P of an Accident at Stewart, Minnesota, on June 9,1955

Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad (M & St. L)

1920: Report of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the M St. L near Livermore, Iowa, July 3,1920 (# 703)

September 23,1921: Report of an investigation of an accident which occurred on CM & St. P and M St. L at Perry, Iowa, July 30,1921 (# 806)

August 7,1935: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety concerning investigation of an accident which occurred at the intersection of the tracks of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railway and the M & St. L at Morning Sun, Iowa, on June 13, 1935 (# 1989)

November 15,1940: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety concerning investigation of an accident that occurred on M & St. L at Morning Sun, Iowa, on October 3, 1940 (# 2451)

February 20,1942: Investigation No. 2557, the M & St. L report of an accident near Helena, Minnesota, on January 9,1942

May 20, 1943: Investigation No. 2692, the M & St. L report of an accident near St. Louis Park, Minnesota, on April 11,1943

February 24, 1944: Investigation No. 2770, the M & St. L report of an accident near Searsboro, Iowa, on January 31,1944

October 30, 1947: Investigation No. 3128, the M & St. L report of an accident at Morning Sun, Iowa, on September 20,1947

August 19, 1953: Report No. 3527, the M & St. L report of an accident near Waterville, Minnesota, on July 17,1953

Box 7

St. Louis San Francisco Railroad (St. L SF)

February 11, 1920: Report of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF at O’Hara, Oklahoma, on January 1,1920 (# 658)

July 22, 1920: Report of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF near White Oak, Oklahoma, on August 31,1920 (# 696)

January 6,1921: Report of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF at Racine, Missouri, on November 3,1920 (# 741)

May 29, 1922: Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF at Girard, Kansas, on April 25, 1922 (# 838)

June 15,1922: Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio railway near Lobo, Texas, on May 6, 1922 (# 839).

August 16, 1922: Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF at Logan, Missouri, on July 22, 1922 (# 856)

September 12,1922: Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF at Horine, Missouri, on August 16,1922 (# 866)

September 25,1922: Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF at Startland, Missouri, on September 1,1922 (# 875)

March 2,1923: Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF near Neelys, Missouri on January 25,1923 (# 924)

April 5,1923: Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF at Pratt City, Alabama, on February 26,1923 (#937)

July 20,1923: Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF near Linton, Kansas, on June 28,1923 (# 969)

January 16,1924: Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF at Meadows, Arkansas, on November 11,1923 (# 1003)

January 28,1924: Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF at West Tulsa, Oklahoma, on November 29,1923 (#1012)

April 25,1925: Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF near Kellyville, Oklahoma, on February 15,1925 (# 1128)

June 16,1927: Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF near Victoria, Mississippi, on October 27,1925 (# 1213)

February 20, 1926: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF at Osceola, Arkansas, on December 25, 1925 (# 1235)

January 27, 1928: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF near Portia, Arkansas, on December 14, 1927 (# 1386)

April 30, 1928: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF near Nash, Missouri, on March 29, 1928 (# 1412)

June 23, 1928: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF at Hardy, Arkansas, on May 15, 1928 (# 1418)

May 4, 1929: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF at Megargel, Alabama, on February 3, 1929 (# 1487)

September 20,1929: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF at Spaulding, Oklahoma on April 29, 1929(# 1521)

December 3, 1929: Report of the director of the bureau of safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF at Henryetta, Oklahoma, on December 25, 1925 (# 1554)

February 17, 1930: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF at Wilson, Arkansas, on October 15, 1929 (# 1570)

February 20, 1930: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF at Fickinger, Arkansas, on November 11, 1929 (# 1586)

March 22, 1930: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF at Monett, Missouri, on January 23, 1930 (# 1617)

October 8, 1930: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF at Osage Hills, Missouri, on August 31, 1930 (# 166?)

September 25, 1931: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF at Smeltzer, Arkansas, on August 5, 1931 (# 1717)

July 18, 1932: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF at Lowell, Arkansas, on June 2, 1932 (# 1765)

July 22, 1933: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF at Neodesha, Kansas, on May 16, 1933 (# 1826)

March 8, 1934: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF at Swift, Missouri, on January 3, 1934 (# 1883)

June 9, 1934: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF at Dora, Alabama, on April 5, 1934 (# 1907)

September 8, 1937: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF at Winfield, Kansas, on July 20, 1937 (# 2188)

December 14, 1937: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF at Pierce City, Missouri, on November 9, 1937 (# 2221)

October 6, 1938: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF at Tulsa, Oklahoma, on September 14, 1938 (# 2292)

November 8, 1938: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF at Columbus, Kansas, on October 10, 1938 (# 2299)

December 16, 1938: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF at Rotan, Arkansas, on October 27, 1938 (# 2304)

April 15, 1939: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF at Quincy, Mississippi, on February 16, 1939 (# 2332)

October 12, 1939: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the St. L SF at Pickensville, Alabama, on August 10, 1939 (# 2373)

February 9, 1943: Investigation No. 2632, the St. L SF report of an accident at Marionville, Missouri, on October 9, 1942

May 28, 1945: Investigation No. 2886, the St. L SF report of an accident at East Richland, Missouri, on April 20, 1945

August 27, 1945: Investigation No. 2911, the St. L SF report of an accident near Custer City, Oklahoma, on July 3, 1945

April 8, 1946: Investigation No. 2979, the St. L SF report of an accident near Briston, Oklahoma, on March 16, 1946

May 26, 1947: Investigation No. 3096, the St. L SF report of an accident at Ada, Oklahoma, on April 19, 1947

May 27, 1947: Investigation No. 3099, the St. L SF report of an accident at Fulton, Kansas, on April 24, 1947

June 30, 1947: Investigation No. 3105, the St. L SF report of an accident near Mansfield, Missouri, on May 30, 1947

July 18, 1947: Investigation No. 3109, the St. L SF report of an accident at Sooner, Oklahoma, on June 12, 1947

June 25, 1948: Investigation No. 3179, the St. L SF report of an accident near Adamsville, Alabama, on April 25, 1948

October 8, 1948: Investigation No. 3195, the St. L SF report of an accident at Lawton, Oklahoma, on July 10, 1948

July 5, 1949: Investigation No. 3252, the St. L SF report of an accident near Ravia, Oklahoma, on May 6, 1949

August 17, 1949: Investigation No. 3261, the St. L SF report of an accident at Lebanon, Missouri, on June 23, 1949

October 31, 1949: Investigation No. 3274, the St. L SF report of an accident near Seventy-six, Missouri, on September 12, 1949

October 6, 1949: Investigation No. 3283, the St. L SF report of an accident at Bridge Junction, Arkansas, on October 6, 1949

January 19, 1950: Investigation No. 3300, the St. L SF report of an accident near Preston, Oklahoma, on December 2, 1949

February 24, 1953: Investigation No. 3499, the St. L SF report of an accident near Cedars, Oklahoma, on December 30, 1952

May 15,1953: Report No. 3513, St. L SF of an accident near Carbon Hill, Alabama, on March 30, 1953

August 31, 1953: Report No. 3529, St. L SF of an accident near Menfro, Missouri, on July 25, 1953

December 14, 1953: Report No. 3542, St. L SF of an accident near Edward, Kansas, on October 24, 1953

September 29, 1955: Report No. 3649, St. L SF of an accident at Marked Tree, Arkansas, on August 19, 1955

Wabash Railway

1920: Report of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the Wabash railway near Tilton, Illinois, on June 28, 1920 (# 702)

March 22, 1921: Report of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the Wabash railway at Moulton, Iowa, on February 1, 1921 (# 765)

December 4, 1922: Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Safety covering investigation of an accident which occurred on the Wabash railway near Williamsport, Indiana, on October 19, 1922 (# 890)

July 21, 1923: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred at the intersection of the tracks of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railway and the Wabash railway, Danville, Illinois, on June 25, 1923 (# 968)

March 6, 1924: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the Wabash railway at Attica, Indiana, on November 12, 1923 (# 1004)

January 29, 1924: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the Wabash railway near O’Fallon, Missouri, on December 5, 1923 (# 1014)

June 20, 1924: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the Wabash railway at Williamsport, Indiana, on June 1, 1924 (# 1057)

May 20, 1925: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the Wabash railway at Oakwood, Michigan, on February 23, 1925 (# 1132)

March 16, 1926: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the Wabash railway near Tolonto, Illinois, on July 29, 1925 (# 1175)

September 10, 1928: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the Wabash railway near Mineola, Iowa,on July 20, 1928 (# 1432)

September 26, 1928: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the Wabash railway near Valley City, Illinois, on August 3, 1928 (# 1436)

January 22, 1931: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the Wabash railway at Bement, Illinois, on January 1, 1931 (# 1682)

June 13, 1931: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the Wabash railway near Chicago Ridge, Illinois, on May 6, 1931 (# 1704)

January 11, 1933: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the Wabash railway near Norborne, Missouri, on November 29, 1932 (# 1794)

March 11, 1933: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the Wabash railway at Jacksonville, Illinois, on December 28, 1932 (# 1802)

March 12, 1937: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the Wabash railway at Glenwood Junction, Missouri, on January 9, 1937 (# 2136)

October 14, 1937: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the Wabash railway at New Haven, Indiana, on September 9, 1937 (# 2198)

November 18, 1937: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the Wabash railway at Lafayette, Indiana, on October 25, 1937 (# 2214)

November 24, 1937: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the Wabash railway at Catlin, Illinois, on October 26, 1937 (# 2215)

March 24, 1938: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the Wabash railway at Worth, Illinois, on February 22, 1938 (# 2255)

September 28, 1938: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the Wabash railway at Huntington, Indiana, on August 13, 1938 (# 2287)

October 4, 1938: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the Wabash railway at Chicago Ridge, Illinois, on September 3, 1938 (# 2288)

February 21, 1939: Report of the Director of the Bureau of Safety of an investigation of an accident which occurred on the Wabash railway at Defiance, Ohio, on January 14, 1939 (# 2323)

August 23, 1941: Investigation No. 2510, The Wabash railway Co. report of an accident near Neelys, Illinois, on June 28, 1941 (# 2510)

September 18, 1942: Investigation No. 2611, The Wabash railway Co. report of an accident near Truesdale, Missouri, on August 4, 1942 (# 2611)

October 9, 1942: Investigation No. 2617, the New York Central Railroad Co. and the Wabash Railroad Co. report of an accident at Raisin Center, Michigan, on August 17, 1942 (# 2617)

February 24, 1944: Investigation No. 2767, The Wabash railway Co. report of an accident near St. Louis, Missouri, on January 23, 1944 (# 2767)

April 12, 1944: Investigation No. 2781, The Wabash railway Co. report of an accident near Ashland Ave. Station, Chicago, Illinois, on April 11,1944 (2781)

April 11, 1944: Investigation No. 2792, The Wabash railway Co. report of an accident near Gallatin, Missouri, on April 11, 1944 (# 2792)

May 12, 1945: Investigation No. 2883, The Wabash railway Co. report of an accident at Clarksdale, Illinois, on April 8, 1945 (# 2767)

August 28, 1944: Investigation No. 2809, The Wabash railway Co. report of an accident near Moberly, Missouri, on May 19, 1944 (# 2809)

July 3, 1945: Investigation No. 2892, The Wabash railway Co. report of an accident at Wabash, Indiana, on May 31, 1945 (# 2892)

October 24, 1945: Investigation No. 2931, The Wabash railway Co. report of an accident at Manhattan, Illinois, on September 15, 1945 (# 2931)

January 23, 1946: Investigation No. 2953, The Peoria and Eastern railway Co. and The Wabash Railroad Co. report of an accident at Danville Jct., Illinois, on December 6, 1945 (# 2953)

October 12, 1948: Investigation No. 3192. The New York Central Railroad Co. and The Wabash Railroad Co. report of an accident at West Unity, Ohio, on June 26, 1948 (# 3192)

September 26, 1951: Report No. 3415, Wabash Railroad Co. and the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Co. of an accident at New Haven, Indiana, on July 16, 1951 (# 3415)

Terminal Railroad Association

December 8, 1954: Report No. 3597, Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis of an accident at St. Louis, Missouri, on October 18, 1954 (# 3597)

I .C.C Bureau of Safety summary of accident investigation reports:

No. 80 (April, May, June) 1939

No. 82 (October, November, December) 1939