[I.G.N. Overpass at Round Rock]
Description:
Photograph of International & Great Northern railroad crossing in Round Rock on U.S. Highway 81.
Location of January 22, 1927 accident – A bus carrying the Baylor University basketball team to a game at the University of Texas at Austin takes a grade crossing just as an International-Great Northern train approaches. Evasive action is taken, but the bus skids on the rain-soaked road surface directly into the path of the train. 10 players are killed, 12 injured. To this day Baylor honors them as …
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Date:
1936
Creator:
Texas. Department of Transportation.
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Location:
30.505614 -97.678306
Partner:
Texas Department of Transportation