This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CkB.2ACI/1886.1 Message Board Post: There was a "staged" train wreck in September 1896 in the area north of West, TX. You can read about it in "Handbook of Texas Online". I thought it might be the one you are asking about, though it is earlier than the time period you mention. You can go to www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online, enter "train wreck", in quotes, and get about 7 articles. Look at #3, I think it is, and if you think this wreck is the one you are interested in, I might suggest you contact the newspapers in Waco, Hillsboro, or Temple, or even the MKT, for more information. Best wishes to you in your search. Carl Williams, in Parker Co., TX