On Sept. 24, 1945, at 2:05 p.m., Atlantic Coast Line train “Extra 452 West” from Dothan collided headlong into ACL “Second 180 East,” killing the 452’s engineer, James A. Mangum of Montgomery, and injuring 16 others.
Tom Solomon, a resident of Headland, employee of the ACL, and “well known railroad artist and train enthusiast” owned…