Crash Site: Georgia RR, 1912
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Night of March 5/6, 1912. The first section of Georgia RR train number 13 (i.e. 1/13), an Augusta to Atlanta freight, collides head-on with eastbound train #4, an Augusta-bound passenger express. Four passengers and the engineer of train #4 are killed. One passenger and eight crewmembers are injured.
Train 13 was traveling in two sections the night of the accident. Orders for the day called for section 1/13 to stop at Rutledge, GA to the east, joined shortly later by section 2/13. Both sections were to wait at Rutledge until train #210 and train #4 passed them headed east. After #210 arrived and departed Rutledge, section 1/13 entered the mainline and headed west, impacting train #4 at this spot.
An ICC investigation revealed that the crewmembers of 1/13 had timepieces that were out of sync with the "official" time of the road, and a general lack of knowledge of the timetable. The fireman of 1/13 thought they were supposed to meet #4 at Social Circle to the west, not Rutledge, & the flagman was making his first trip on this part of the line.
Train 13 was traveling in two sections the night of the accident. Orders for the day called for section 1/13 to stop at Rutledge, GA to the east, joined shortly later by section 2/13. Both sections were to wait at Rutledge until train #210 and train #4 passed them headed east. After #210 arrived and departed Rutledge, section 1/13 entered the mainline and headed west, impacting train #4 at this spot.
An ICC investigation revealed that the crewmembers of 1/13 had timepieces that were out of sync with the "official" time of the road, and a general lack of knowledge of the timetable. The fireman of 1/13 thought they were supposed to meet #4 at Social Circle to the west, not Rutledge, & the flagman was making his first trip on this part of the line.
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Coordinates: 33°37'49"N 83°38'20"W
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