THE ESMOND TRAIN WRECK
TIME/DATE: 3:30 A.M. JANUARY 28, 1903
LOCATION: HOUGHTON/RITA RD. 9 MILES EAST OF PRESENT-DAY TUCSON
ON THE MOONLESS NIGHT OF JAN 28TH, THE NO.8 CRESCENT CITY EXPRESS COLLIDED WITH THE NO. 7 PACIFIC COAST EXPRESS. DUE TO THE NIGHT SWITCH OPERATORS FAILURE TO RELAY A MESSAGE TO THE NO. 8 TRAIN TO PULL OVER TO THE ESMOND SIDING AND ALLOW THE NO. 7, HEADED FOR SAN FRANCISCO, TO PASS. THIS COMMUNICATION FAILURE WAS THE DIRECT RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT. 14 PEOPLE PERISHED IN THE COLLISION, INCLUDING BOTH ENGINEERS. THE FIRE WAS SO DEVASTATING, AND BURNED SO HOT, THAT IT REDUCED SOME PASSENGERS INTO PILES OF ASH. MAKING IT VERY HARD TO IDENTIFY THE VICTIMS. RESCUERS RELIED ON PERSONAL BELONGINGS AND DENTAL RECORDS TO IDENTIFY THE BODIES.
WE RETURNED TO THE ESMOND TRAIN STATION ON JANUARY 28TH TO INVESTIGATE THE "PAPAGO" TRAIN STATION, AS WELL AS THE ACTUAL POINT OF IMPACT. WE ARRIVED ON THE NIGHT OF THE ACTUAL COLLISION IN 1903. WITH VERY LITTLE ENERGY AROUND IT WAS VERY HARD FOR THE SPIRITS TO MANIFEST OR COMMUNICATE. HOWEVER, WE DID CAPTURE SOME VERY RELEVANT RESPONSES DURING THE INVESTIGATION. SOME VERY INTERESTING VIDEO OF AN OVILUS X SESSION, AS WELL AS SOME SHOCKING K-II SPIKES AT THE TRAIN STATION AS WELL AS THE POINT OF IMPACT. WE BELIEVE THAT THERE MAY IN FACT BE LINGERING SPIRITUAL ENERGY AT BOTH LOCATIONS. THE TRAIN STATION HOLDS THE ENERGY OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE WORKERS FOR THE TRAIN COMPANY. THE CRASH SITE SEEMED TO LEAN MORE TOWARDS VICTIMS OF THE ACCIDENT. MEANING THE SPIRITS DID NOT TRAVEL BACK TO THE TRAIN STATION THEY HAD JUST LEFT BEFORE THEIR DEMISE.
