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1946 Naperville Train Wreck

from Mid​-​Continental Blues by T. R. Munday

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April 25, 1946 in the town of Naperville, Illinois, about 30 miles west of Chicago 45 people were killed and about 125 were injured in a train wreck that has come to be known as the 1946 Naperville Train Wreck. This song is historically accurate. The Advance Flyer, which had made an unscheduled stop due to mechanical problems was struck by the Exposition Flyer, which was travelling at an estimated 80 mph. There is a sculpture at the site of the wreck, commemorating it, which is made from 5000 railroad spikes.
The photo shown is not of that wreck. Both locomotives were high speed diesels and both trains were passenger trains.

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1946 Naperville Train Wreck
T R Munday
Copyright 2017

I went down to the station, to meet that Chicago train
I went down to the station, to meet that Chicago train
I went down to the station but that train never came

I asked the station master
I asked the station master
I asked the station master, what might be to blame?

The station master shook his head
The station master shook his head
The station master shook his head and said they wrecked that train

It was up in Dupage County in the town of Naperville
It was up in Dupage County in the town of Naperville
It was up in Dupage County they say forty five were killed

The Advance Flyer stopped on the main track
The Advance Flyer stopped on the main track
The Advance Flyer stopped on the main track and they sent a flagman a-hurryin' back

Coming eighty miles an hour was engineer Blain
Coming eighty miles an hour was engineer Blain
Coming eighty miles an hour was engineer Blain, a high balling daddy in the Silver Speed train

Chicago Burlington & Quincy had a terrible wreck
Chicago Burlington & Quincy had a terrible wreck
Chicago Burlington & Quincy they ain't cleared that track yet

I went down to the station to meet that Chicago train
I went down to the station to meet that Chicago train
I went down to the station but that train never came

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from Mid​-​Continental Blues, released August 1, 2018
drums: Jim Dooley
photo: Wikimedia Commons or other public domain historical source

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T. R. Munday Chicago, Illinois

If you enjoy the Blues, check out Anni Piper's vocals and her great bass guitar: annipiper.bandcamp.com

T. R. Munday resides in Northern Illinois, by way of Texas and California.
Musically, he has been most influenced by Mississippi John Hurt, Johnny Cash, and a whole host of Mississippi Delta and Chicago Bluesmen. ... more

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