Thanks to Frank Tosh of Arlington, the facts about this
                            accident have been discovered. Here is an article that
                            appeared in the newspaper:

                            The Evening Star
                            Washington D.C.
                            Friday, June 27, 1952

                            Driver Dies as Truck Derails Locomotive Crossing Shirley

                            A truck driver was fatally injured yesterday when his dump truck struck a
                            diesel-electric locomotive which was derailed and knocked off the road at a
                            Shirley highway crossing near Shirlington.

                            He was James Robert Cauldle, 27, of Centerville, Va.,
                            pronounced dead on arrival at Alexandria Hospital.

                            Witnesses told Arlington police the truck driver appeared
                            unaware of crossing signal bells and red warning lights
                            as he passed slowing traffic and a tractor-trailer truck which had
                            stopped at the crossing.

                            The impact derailed the westbound locomotive, which was
                            pulling eight freight cars loaded with building materials.
                            The engine continued across the dual lane highway and plunged
                            down a 6-foot embankment.  The accident occurred at 2:45 p.m.

                            Closed After Rush Hour
                            Traffic was rerouted from the highway until 5 p.m., when the
                            freight cars were  uncoupled and backed up.  Rush hour
                            traffic was permitted to use the highway until 7 p.m., when
                            the highway was closed at Washington boulevard in Arlington
                            and Woodbridge, Va.

                            The road was not reopened until 10 p.m., when the locomotive
                            was hauled away by a Potomac Yards wrecker.

                            W.H. Fox, 48, of 1302 Lee highway, Arlington, engineer of the
                            Washington & Old Dominion Railroad diesel, said he was
                            crossing the highway at about 8 miles per hour.  He said
                            the signal lights and bells were started when he was 200
                            yards from the crossing.

                            Cleared of Responsibility
                            At a hearing this morning before Judge Harry R. Thomas
                            in Arlington County Court, Mr. Fox was cleared of any
                            responsibility in the accident.

                            Mr. Fox told police he was abreast of the stopped trailer
                            truck before he saw the asphalt laden dump truck
                            moving rapidly in the inside northbound lane.  He told
                            police he warned his crew and applied his emergency
                            air brakes.

                            The engineer was burned slightly on the arm and
                            neck by hot asphalt which cascaded over the engine
                            at impact.  Two brakemen on the engine, Clayton
                            Legge, 46 of 1726 North Quinn street, Arlington, and
                            William W. Mahoney, 29, of Herndon, Va., and a
                            conductor, J.D. Thorne, 53 of 5623 Massachusetts avenue,
                            Falls Church, were uninjured.

                                                         

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