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== Derailment ==

== Derailment ==

On the day before the catastrophe, Representative "Kip" Chalmers (from a State that was never named) was traveling in a private railcar attached to the Taggart Comet, the railroad's signature coast-to-coast express. He was on his way to California to establish a domicile in that State and then stand immediately for election to the [[United States Senate]].

On the day before the catastrophe, "Kip" Chalmers, a member of the Washington cabal, was traveling in a private railcar attached to the Taggart Comet, the railroad's signature coast-to-coast express. He was on his way to California to establish a domicile in that State and then stand immediately for election to the [[United States Senate]].

The Comet derailed about a mile east of Winston when the rails split. (The rails were due for replacement, but Clifton Locey had canceled that work for reasons that were never specified.) The Comet's Diesel engine was damaged beyond repair.

The Comet derailed about a mile east of Winston when the rails split. (The rails were due for replacement, but Clifton Locey had canceled that work for reasons that were never specified.) The Comet's Diesel engine was damaged beyond repair.