Overturned Passenger Train On The SVRy
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On Aug. 5th, 1928, this happened. We are looking at the Sumpter Valley Ry.'s west bound passenger train with engine #1 on its side west of Larch. I have shared other photos of this wreck as our SVRR Archive has a set of nitrate negatives likely taken by the railroad to document the incident. Quite a few others seem to have taken a few shots which are mixed throughout our archive collection. The cause of the accident so far as I know was a loose wheel on the lead truck of the RPO. All of the equipment was repaired and put back in service.
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J.B.Bane | August 12, 2022 04:58PM |
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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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