Earl Wrote:
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> I have this slide. Al Chione sold it a couple of
> lifetimes ago. I think it is a Kindig shot.
>
> As of the 1990s' , there were still signs of the
> oil on the ground there.
>
> A couple of things I've caught on looking at this
> with older eyes:
>
> How did the trucks end up several car lengths
> away?
>
> Notice the sand on the mainline. Something sat
> there for a while with the sanders running, then
> headed off west with them still running.
>
> The eastbound is coming up through the siding.
> Then I noticed the derailed car is not clear of
> the main track. Maybe it is just in the clear if
> they came up through the siding.
>
> Only a guess, but I'm guessing a major train
> handling error here. The tank was toward the head
> end. The long westbound had loads of pipe behind
> the empty tanks. The grade is flat to ever-so-
> slightly up grade from the bridge to the switch.
> The engineer should have been pulling the train to
> keep it stretched, but got lazy and decided to let
> the long heavy back portion shove him through the
> sag. When this car got to the switch the slack
> came roaring in and clobbered the head end of the
> train hard enough to lay this car over on its
> side. Perhaps the trucks ended up where they are
> because a crew went up there, put a chain on them,
> and simply dragged them west until they were in
> the clear.
>
> A similiar situation happened at Coxo about the
> same time, only that time 499 nearly went over,
> and the train with several wooden cars behind the
> engine piled up quite spectacularly.
You are correct Earl, it is a Kindig photo. I also agree that the truck were probably pulled out of the way, would have been interesting watching them put this car back on the trucks. I doubt it would have been loaded on a flat car, just my thoughts.
William
aka drgwk37
