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This article is inaccurate as to the place of the wreck. The Article on Danville VA properly identifies the location which was on the trestle beginning to cross the ravine before the Dan River. I have seen the Marker placed there on US Route 58 BY THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. The railroad now crosses the Dan about 1/2 mile east of the original location. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BillFloyd (talk • contribs) 04:21, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Below is a direct quote from the Danville, Article: One of the most famous wrecks in American rail history occurred in Danville. On September 27, 1903, “Old 97,” the Southern Railway’s crack express mail train, was running behind schedule. Its engineer “gave her full throttle,” but the speed of the train caused it to jump the tracks on a high trestle overlooking the valley of the Dan. The engine and five cars plunged into the ravine below, killing nine and injuring seven, but immortalizing the locomotive and its engineer, Joseph A. ("Steve") Broadey, in a now well-known song. A marker is located on U.S. 58 between Locust Lane and North Main Street at the train crash site. A mural of the Wreck of the Old 97 is painted on a downtown Danville building in memory of the historic wreck. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BillFloyd (talk • contribs) 21:33, 26 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Grayson and Whitter

G.B. Grayson never recorded this song (the Blue Ridge Institute source is wrong); Henry Whitter made a record of the song before he teamed with Grayson and before the Dalhart recording. Grayson & Whitter as a team did not record together until 1927. Not sure where this information can be found online but in books there is Long Steel Rail by Norm Cohen, which has an exhaustive history of the story behind the song (and the lawsuit) and Country Music Records by Tony Russell which has the discographical information. Banjochris (talk) 17:09, 1 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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 Below is a direct quote from the Danville, Article:
 One of the most famous wrecks in American rail history occurred in Danville. On September 27, 1903, “Old 97,” the Southern Railway’s crack express mail train, was running behind schedule. Its engineer “gave her full throttle,” but the speed of the train caused it to jump the tracks on a high trestle overlooking the valley of the Dan. The engine and five cars plunged into the ravine below, killing nine and injuring seven, but immortalizing the locomotive and its engineer, Joseph A. ("Steve") Broadey, in a now well-known song. A marker is located on U.S. 58 between Locust Lane and North Main Street at the train crash site. A mural of the Wreck of the Old 97 is painted on a downtown Danville building in memory of the historic wreck.  <small><span class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:BillFloyd|BillFloyd]] ([[User talk:BillFloyd|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/BillFloyd|contribs]]) 21:33, 26 August 2011 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
+== Grayson and Whitter ==
+G.B. Grayson never recorded this song (the Blue Ridge Institute source is wrong); Henry Whitter made a record of the song before he teamed with Grayson and before the Dalhart recording. Grayson & Whitter as a team did not record together until 1927. Not sure where this information can be found online but in books there is Long Steel Rail by Norm Cohen, which has an exhaustive history of the story behind the song (and the lawsuit) and Country Music Records by Tony Russell which has the discographical information. [[User:Banjochris|Banjochris]] ([[User talk:Banjochris|talk]]) 17:09, 1 November 2011 (UTC)