Safety Regulations

ID: 1639 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University ~ Creator: E. C. Blomeyer
This file appears in: Camp MacArthur Troop Train Derailment

In 1906, the Pullman Company began replacing all of its wooden coaches with safer steel cars. However, this process took some time and the derailment of Camp MacArthur Troop Train Number 264 proved the danger of relying upon the wooden models. At the time of this accident, the United States Railroad Administration had assumed control of the company’s operations, citing the war emergency.

This file appears in: Camp MacArthur Troop Train Derailment

By Geoff Hunt
On June 18, 1918, a troop train carrying soldiers from Camp MacArthur’s 80th Field Artillery left East Waco and traveled eastward on the Cotton Belt line, heading toward a southern training camp.…