Interlocking devices at Illinois rail crossings born from 19th century mail train danger
A historical note on engineer Tom Menifee of the Vandalia line who repeatedly sped Uncle Sam’s mail train 183 over crossings, prompting Ohio and Mississippi officials to demand safer crossings. Laws of 1887 and 1891 enabled speed through interlocked crossings, leading to over 100 such plants statewide.
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