Re: Bad day in Lumberton (1923) (Linked pics)
| February 01, 2016 09:42PM |
But how did it get air born "at track speed" to get on top (inside) of the box car? Did the ore load shift to enable it? Looks like the pilot wheel is still behind the boxcar truck so maybe this allowed the pilot to ride up over the draft gear of the boxcar? Sounds like a project for the Myth Busters to recreate...where do we find a T-12 to use to run the recreation of the event for the TV special? 
Might be a good way to "underwrite" / "jump start" the rebuilding of a T-12.... 
Rod
166 Lumberton rear
166 5/11/1933 in Alamosa
Might be a good way to "underwrite" / "jump start" the rebuilding of a T-12.... Rod
166 Lumberton rear
166 5/11/1933 in Alamosa
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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