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The Deadly Train Stunt of McClennan County
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The Deadly Train Stunt of McClennan County
by Tom GoodmanIn 1896, a railroad company crashed two trains into each other at full speed on a Texas rail line.On purpose.The Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railroad—“the Katy” for short—passed among gentle hills between Hillsboro and Waco in McLennan County, Texas. A passenger agent named William Crush thought the slopes would make a perfect setting for a spectacular stunt. The company had two old Baldwin locomotives--obsolete but still in workin…
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