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MArk Smelser

December 07, 2021 10:55AM

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I can't tell exactly from the pictures, were those flats loaded with boards or timbers? Maybe one worked loose and caught the bridge structure.
It's too bad there wasn't also a boxcar full of bolts dumped on the ground; they would have had everything needed for repairs!

An old timer once told me that is how snow sheds were invented. A westbound freight train with construction supplies ran away on Donner Pass. It smashed through a stalled eastbound lumber train. The fastest way to clean up the mess and open the line was to stand all the boards on end.

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Bad Day At The Bridge	J.B.Bane	December 06, 2021 02:26PM
Re: Bad Day At The Bridge	Stewart Rhine	December 06, 2021 03:36PM
That's the kind of thing....	John West	December 06, 2021 03:44PM
Re: That's the kind of thing....	J.B.Bane	December 06, 2021 04:17PM
Re: Bad Day At The Bridge	Jimr260	December 06, 2021 04:30PM
Re: Bad Day At The Bridge	MArk Smelser	December 06, 2021 05:57PM
Re: Bad Day At The Bridge	bcp	December 06, 2021 06:05PM
Re: Bad Day At The Bridge	Rader Sidetrack	December 06, 2021 06:28PM
Re: Bad Day At The Bridge	LOGGERHOGGER	December 07, 2021 04:09AM
Re: Bad Day At The Bridge	MArk Smelser	December 07, 2021 10:55AM
Re: Bad Day At The Bridge	J.B.Bane	December 07, 2021 01:43PM

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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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