Bobbie: Of course that Bad train wreck near Paris was before my time, (Almost) I do not recall what the date was but the only one near Paris I ever heard about. Was when the Train Dispatcher, over looked at Faxon Back-up they had out running extra back to Paris when he ran an Erin Turn out also Extra and failed to instruct him to stay at Paris until the Faxon Back up returned. (As I recall the story this dispatcher was either the son of the Trainmaster or the Chief Dispatcher) and just as the Erin Turn was leaving out the North end of the yard he realized he had not told him of the Faxon Back-up. He knew about where they would meet on the main line, and went ahead and called the wrecker, notified the Hospital and doctors, as well as calling some of the officials of the railroad, and had everyone started toward the spot he figured they would hit. Which was at a Station called Longchamps, which was the livestock loading pens near the Paris Fairgrounds, and they did hit head on at this place? I recall when I was working this same job years later, some of the old heads would show me where form the second floor this dispatcher later that night jumped out. I recall they said his father came in and started shouting at him asking why he would do such a stupid trick, he ask his father to stay back and quit shouting at him he had just overlooked the train. When his father persisted he opened the window and jumped down to the passenger platform down below and no one saw or heard of him for a year or two after that, but found out he was working for the Missouri Pacific Railroad somewhere in Texas. I have looked through my books here but found nothing about the particulars of this wreck. Now I am not saying that was the one you are asking about, but it is the only one I heard about near Paris. There was another one near Routon a few years later, but this would have been on the South end. I know if a lot of those old friends at Paris and Big Sandy were still around they could tulle us the whole story. Bobby Blend's father may have told him something about it. Ira PS I will keep looking.