Calista Wehrli remembers the tragic day vividly.
On April 25, 1946, she was at her sister's house on Center Street.Her sister was getting her wedding dress hemmed, when they heard athud. Wehrli was 20 and on leave from the Marine Corps Women'sReserve at Parris Island, S.C.
"I ran out of the house and from the porch I said, `Oh my God,there is a train sticking up in the air!' "
1946 COLLISION
It was Naperville's worst train crash. Forty-seven people died andabout 125 were injured in the disaster, which made headlines acrossthe country.
The Advanced Flyer and the Exposition Flyer had left Chicago'sUnion Station on different tracks at 12:35 …
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