Mt. Pulaski, Il explosion in late 1950's - Trains Magazine

BTW, the info on the IC group message about vinyl chloride being received from the Rock Island is incorrect (Vinyl Chloride would have been delivered to the Rock Island, bound for the B. F. Goodrich plant in Henry).

"Car GATX 29633 was loaded with approximately 10,000 gallons of nitromethane on May 28, 1958, at the Commercial Solvents Corporation plant at Sterlington, La., on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, and was delivered to the Alton and Southern Railroad at East St. Louis. The car was destined to Peoria, Ill., via the Alton and Southern and the Illinois Central Railroads. It was delivered in interchange by the Alton and Southern to the Illinois Central at East St. Louis on May 31, 1958. It was assembled in No. 68 during the morning of the day of the accident."

 DPJ