No Great Train Wreck of 1918

Probably less gets said about all-steel coaches until another big wreck inevitably occurs, for one.

This most likely. The push to replace the wooden coaches with all-steel ones just gets delayed until another wreck pushes it back to the front of the "to do" list.
 
If I recall correctly from a Trains special a few years ago, it was also crucial in convincing some of the roads that Automatic Train Stop was a decent idea.
 
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