Joint Investigation Conducted at Odin, Illinois, September 15, 1941, Concerning Accident Involving Illinois Central Passenger Train No. 5 and B & O Freight Train No. 2D, at Odin, Illinois, September 11, 1941

Odin, Ill.: Illinois Central Railroad Company and B & O Railroad Co. , 1941. Typewritten. Very Good. No Binding. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Joint Investigation Statements Regarding a Significant Collision Between a Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Freight Train and an Illinois Central Passenger Train that Occurred on September 11, 1941. This accident resulted in the death of a train-service employee and several injuries. Thus, an investigation was conducted by the Interstate Commerce Commission in Odin, Illinois on September 15, 1941. Included here are a sixty-nine leaf transcription of the interrogations of nine Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company employees who were present for the incident, including the engineer, the fireman and the conductor. This set is accompanied by the other side of interrogations, with a seventy-two leaf transcription including the statements of ten Illinois Central employees who were also present on this day, including the flagman, conductor, and car inspector. The original ink signatures of the interrogated Baltimore & Ohio employees appear in the bottom right corner on the recto side of each sheet of their respective statements. The last initials of the stenographers appear in the same position of the Illinois Central transcription. Also included at the end of the Illinois Central interrogations are original affidavits signed by the two stenographers responsible for the transcription. Both sets of statements are printed on 8 ½ in. x 11 in. typing paper, stapled together at top left corners. Versos are all blank. Overall condition Very Good, top 2 sheets B & O statements torn loose from staple, light soiling to covers. Housed in plain mannilla folders with appropriate titles. .