Stop, Look & Listen. It began here.         
The memorial in Spring City, Tennessee where in 1955, a school bus was struck by a southbound Southern Railway freight train. 11 children were killed. Their mothers and many other women from Rhea County lobbied for a new Stop, Look & Listen law to be required of all bus drivers. Within 2 months this law was passed within the state of Tennessee, within a year, all 50 states had adopted it. On this gorgeous August day, a southbound Norfolk Southern freight train lays on the horn for the very same crossing where those children were killed and this law was passed all those years ago.
Date: 8/2/2011 Location: Spring City, TN   Map Show Spring City on a rail map Views: 1257 Collection Of:   Alex Wood
Locomotives: NS 7632(ES40DC)    Author:  Alex Wood
Stop, Look & Listen. It began here.
Picture Categories: This picture is part of album:  2011 Railfanning
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John Grimm General Great shot!! Nice photo!! 2/4/2015 1:17:45 AM
George T. Valyer General Nice work Alex 11/20/2015 3:56:36 PM

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