Re: What kept it from tipping over...

My mom alwasy said it was the Angels of your long gone Grandfathers and Grand uncles who were railroaders that pulled you out of that cab before you got hurt.. I think the tender being full of water helped hold the Locomotive from completely going over, but I think what saved us was, the plow seemed to have plowed a trench in the ground as it went over.. and I think the Locomotive sat in that groove of sorts and stopped there, now as far as freezing I am sure some things froze, but I remember long after as we were walking away.. I heard what i think was the Blowdown Valve on the Firemans blow off.. emptying the Boiler of all its water.. It was a loud sound and scared the heck out of me.. by the next morning, 484 had actually sank into the ground quite a bit more as the water poured out of the boiler right under it.. when the Blowdown valve came off..