Interesting about the "train wreck" re-enactment. Reading through the Sussex Register and Sussex Independent newspapers from the late 1800's, I had recently been noting all the "railroad accidents" that seemed part of the 1800's New Jerseyian's life. I recently was sent a portion of a front-page news article regarding an inquest that my family was involved with in Sussex County because of "train travel." In January of 1880 my G-Aunt Elmira Hamler was called to the witness stand because her toddler had been placed in the care of the older children and, when the toddler walked off, he was struck dead by a Sussex County train. I must say that, though by today's standards she might have been taken to jail for being "delinquent" in the care of her child (she was visiting a neighbor), the newspaper story about the inquest showed only great sympathy for her as a mother, never a shred of blame for her child-care capabilities. My Dad's older half-sibling who he had never met, was also mentioned in a news story because the small child had wandered off from the mother's care and drowned in a Sussex County river, near some falls. Even my Uncle, who I never met because he died 2 years before I was born, met his death in 1948 when he tried to outrun the night train as was his habit when he drove to his job on an Indian reservation in Morris County. Lots of tragedies with this advancement in travel technology. Kathleen Hamler Purchase Phoenix, AZ. [email protected]