Do any of you pull ICC accident reports into tailboards or rules classes? The history nut in me leans on the 1947 Naperville CB&Q collision — old Rule 99 flagging, fatigue, and timetable/train-order culture leap off that report — and it seems to land with new hires better than slides, so I’m after other cases you’ve found useful under today’s GCOR or NORAC.
@OP I’ve had good luck with the ICC report on the 1943 PRR Frankford Junction hotbox derailment — hand out one page, then run a quick ‘detector hit’ drill: simulate detector talk-in, stop-and-inspect, and the job brief under your GCOR/NORAC wording; I cap it at five minutes so it doesn’t drift into a history class — would that fit your tailboard?
I’ve had luck with the ICC on the 1958 CNJ Newark Bay drawbridge — hand out the signal diagram and run a quick “stop‑and‑stay at absolute” drill, then walk how you’d legally get past a Stop today and what protections you’d expect under NORAC/GCOR. It lands like your 1947 Naperville take on “Rule 99 flagging,” but I add a caveat: , folks fixate on the splashy wreck unless you tie it directly to current comms/authority steps. Report hub’s here: https://dotlibrary.specialcollection.net/ (search “Newark Bay 1958); @OP do you pair it with a live Form D/track warrant example?