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Erik Ledbetter

November 28, 2000 02:41PM

This was a near-complete tunnel collapse, with the engine located near the center of the bore.
It is well documented that at the time of the accident, C&O's civil engineers concluded that there was no feasible way to stabilize the collapsed tunnel enough to recover the engine. The engineer's body was only recovered by drilling a vertical relief shaft to the cab.
FYI, Wes Barris lists the engine as Class A-5 4-4-0 No. 231 in his Surviving Steam Locomtoives database.

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Urban Legends .	El Coke	November 27, 2000 12:42PM
Re: Urban Legends .	rick b	November 27, 2000 01:02PM
Re: Urban Legends . PIC	rick b	November 27, 2000 01:11PM
Saving What You Can PIC	ncng9	November 27, 2000 03:33PM
Re: Saving What You Can	Curtis F.	November 28, 2000 09:37AM
Re: NCNG #9	pmcassell	November 28, 2000 10:39AM
Re: NCNG #9	Frank Martindell	November 29, 2000 07:53PM
Re: NCNG #9 where are u?	pmcassell	November 30, 2000 02:46PM
NCNG #9 in Africa	ncng9	November 30, 2000 04:47PM
Re: NCNG #9 in Africa	Frank Martindell	December 05, 2000 12:00PM
Re: NCNG #9 in the PI	pmcassell	December 05, 2000 01:11PM
Re: NCNG #9 in the PI	Ted Miles	December 06, 2000 09:19AM
Re: NCNG #9 in the PI	Curtis F.	December 06, 2000 10:25AM
Re: NCNG #9 in the PI	pmcassell	December 06, 2000 11:22AM
Shredded	El Coke	December 05, 2000 06:11PM
Re: Shredded	ncng9	December 05, 2000 07:15PM
Re: Shredded PIC	Curtis F.	December 06, 2000 12:26AM
Re: Shredded PIC	ncng9	December 06, 2000 05:12PM
more tales from the crypt.	El Coke	November 27, 2000 02:30PM
Re: more tales from the crypt.	Tim Bain (The Wiper)	November 27, 2000 04:24PM
Re: more tales from the crypt.	Chris	November 28, 2000 04:55PM
Re: Urban Legends .	Dave Peterson	November 27, 2000 02:24PM
Re: Urban Legends .	Fred T	November 27, 2000 05:33PM
Nothing like a railroad version of hell NM	Grant Houston	November 28, 2000 08:37PM
Truth can be stranger than fiction	RichB	November 27, 2000 07:16PM
Re: Truth can be stranger than fiction	El Jugo	November 27, 2000 07:25PM
More lost goodies...	Bon Mot	November 27, 2000 10:55PM
Re: More lost goodies...	Dave Lamson (ex-B&M)	November 27, 2000 11:16PM
Re: More lost goodies...	Curtis F.	November 28, 2000 09:45AM
Re: Urban Legends .	Erik Ledbetter	November 28, 2000 01:24PM
Re: Urban Legends .	Curtis F.	November 28, 2000 02:31PM
Re: Urban Legends .	Erik Ledbetter	November 28, 2000 02:41PM
The Fountainhead	El Coke	November 28, 2000 03:05PM
C&O Church Hill Tunnel	Vern Glover	November 28, 2000 05:29PM
Not really lost goodies	Stevo del Applegato	November 28, 2000 09:49PM
Vinegar Valley Special	David Dewey	November 29, 2000 12:24AM
Re: Vinegar Valley Special	Stevo del Applegato	November 29, 2000 07:44AM
Re: Vinegar Valley Special	David Dewey	November 30, 2000 12:38AM

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