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Wrecks on the rails
are a fact of life.
We'd
like to stress that this small section is NOT intended to trivialize such
disastors. People get hurt and killed and we find no fascination in the
subject. We do however hope to make you more aware of the very real dangers
that go hand-in-hand with controlling "millions of tons of hurtling
steel."
Help
Save Lives
Operation
Lifesaver
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Lincoln, NE
1911 |
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Unit:
Missouri Pacific
unknown steam
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Location/Date of Photo:
Lincoln,
NE
1911 |
Locomotive No.
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Photographer:
Courtesy
of Jim McKee, Lincoln Journal-Star. Used with permission.
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Pictured
is a MoPac locomotive that crashed through the wall of the Lincoln
depot into the ticket office in 1911. Story courtesy of Jim McKee,
Lincoln Journal-Star. Used with permission. |
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Greenwood, LA
1973 |
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Unit:
Missouri Pacific
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Location/Date of Photo:
Greenwood,
Louisiana
1973 |
Rollingstock No.
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Photographer:
Russell
Higginbotham Photo
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Some
shots of a derailment on the T&P line near Greenwood, Louisiana (W.
70th St. at Flournoy-Lucas Rd.) sometime around 1973. I was a young
teen at the time and rode my bike several miles to photograph the
wreck. The crew allowed me to wander freely among the wreckage and
photograph the proceedings. The photos were taken with an Instamatic
camera.
See more from this series at http://www.marshallshops.com/derailment |
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Unit:
Missouri Pacific
Bulldozers
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Location/Date of Photo:
Greenwood,
Louisiana
1973 |
Rollingstock No.
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Photographer:
Russell
Higginbotham Photo
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Unit:
Missouri Pacific
Crane
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Location/Date of Photo:
Greenwood,
Louisiana
1973 |
Rollingstock No.
X152
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Photographer:
Russell
Higginbotham Photo
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Unit:
Missouri Pacific
Crane
Boomcar
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Location/Date of Photo:
Greenwood,
Louisiana
1973 |
Rollingstock No.
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Photographer:
Russell
Higginbotham Photo
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Unit:
Missouri Pacific
Boomcar
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Location/Date of Photo:
Greenwood,
Louisiana
1973 |
Rollingstock No.
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Photographer:
Russell
Higginbotham Photo
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Unit:
Missouri Pacific
EMD GP7
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Location/Date of Photo:
Greenwood,
Louisiana
1973 |
Locomotive No.
MP 304
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Photographer:
Russell
Higginbotham Photo
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Picking
up the pieces - GP7 #304 and work equipment at a derailment on the
T&P line near Greenwood, Louisiana sometime around 1973. MP 304
would itself be involved in a wreck on 2/3/76 at Ward AR resulting
in its retirement.
See more from this series at http://www.marshallshops.com/derailment |
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Cotulla, Texas
1973 |
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Unit:
Missouri Pacific
EMD GP18's
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Location/Date of Photo:
Cotulla, TX
1973 |
Locomotive No.
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Photographer:
Jay
Glenewinkel Collection |
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Texas
1988 |
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Unit:
Missouri Pacific
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Location/Date of Photo:
TX
June 1988 |
Locomotive No.
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Photographer:
Jay
Glenewinkel Photo |
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Aftermath
of 11 cars on a MoPac train derailed in Texas, 1988. The wreck took
place an hour before this photo was taken |
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Unit:
Missouri Pacific
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Location/Date of Photo:
TX
June 1988 |
Locomotive No.
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Photographer:
Jay
Glenewinkel Photo |
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Crews
clean up after a chemical train derailment on the MoPac in Texas,
1988 |
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Devine, Texas
1997 |
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Unit:
Missouri Pacific
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Location/Date of Photo:
Devine,
TX
June 1997 |
Locomotive No.
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Photographer:
Jay
Glenewinkel Photo |
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Exclusive
Photo Series: Devine, Texas
In June of 1997, two freights collided head on in the small town of
Devine, Texas, approximatley 36 miles south of San Antonio. The incident
was a result of a dispatcher error, in which he permitted the two
trains to occupy the same section of track. The Northbound was running
at 19 MPH, while the Southbound had accelerated to over 40 MPH. Two
crewmen and two illegal riders were killed and one additional crewman
was critically injured. A fourth crewman was able to walk away from
the wreckage with only minor injuries. |
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Miscellaneous
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Unit:
Missouri Pacific
GE U30C
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Location/Date of Photo:
E.
St. Louis, MO
October 3 1976 |
Locomotive No.
MP 3319
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Photographer:
Rider
photo/Brian Paul Ehni Collection |
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Back
on the line again - MP 3319 is a curious site after losing it's cab
in an accident. TheMoPac ran the unfortunate U30C as a cabless "B"
unit until it could be fully repaired at the shops. |
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