Newspapers.com Archived Articles

A whopping 3 of them have made their way to Newspapers.com so far:

The San Bernardino County Sun (San Bernardino, California) 12 Nov 1982, Fri - Page A-2


This one refers to the train as having 49 cars.  Seemingly a very precise number.  But accurate?

The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, California) 12 Nov 1982, Fri - Page 7A

This one refers to the train as having 50 cars.  Rounding up to 50 is probably acceptably accurate.


And this one claims the train had 100 cars, so there is a serious inaccuracy here.


So, since we're counting train cars, how many cars did it really have?

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