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Fascinating CD-Rom containing Southern Pacific Railroad and early Texas & New Orleans  Railroad major accidents and derailments that occurred between 1914-1987.  These are Adobe PDF files of the original ICC accident reports.   This CD-Rom contains 114 separate detailed reports in all. Photos are included in many of the 1970's-1980's reports!  Derailments, head-ons and rear end collisions, boiler explosions, bomb shipment explosion, and more.  Certainly shows the dangers of railroading in the steam and diesel eras.  These are the locations included in the reports:   NevadaTonopah Junction, Hafed, Sparks, Harney, Wells, Cosgrave, Imlay, Reno.  New MexicoHargis, French, Lordsburg.  Oregon Oswego, Park Place, Klamath Falls, Albany, Riverdale, Bertha, Chemawa, Kirk, Cochran, Yamsay, Jasper, Junction City, Sutherlin, Chiloquin.  TexasKaufman, Houston, Bryan, Mexia, Delwau, Eureka, Wendell, Beasley, Humble, Bremond, Poynor, Lorine, Urbana, Orange, Dallas, GArrett, Finlay.  Arizona - Dome, Stanwix, Benson, Yuma.  Utah - Bagley, Jackson, Hogup.  Louisiana - New iberia, Avondale, Ricohoc, Shreveport.  California - Conley, Vincent, Capitola, San Luis Obispo, Etiwa, Monterey, Manteca, Roseville, Lerdo, Eliot, Selma, Turlock, Erickson, Loomis, Tortuga, Morley, Hasson, Truckee, Casmalia, San Francisco, Redlands, Guasti, Guadalupe, Gray, Webster, Paso Robles, Clotho, Sacramento, Indio, Thermal, Snyder, Tehachapi, Montalvo, Sudden, Thousand Palms, Bassett, Serrano, Creston, Carpenteria, Davis, Allard, Kingsburg, El Casco, Colfax, McArthur, Wellsonia, Vincent, Caliente, Kerman, Blue Canyon, West Glendale, Piru, Famoso, Cortena. Great historical CDRom with hundreds if not thousands of pages of history for the SP, Southern Pacific and the Texas & New Orleans Railroad enthusiast!