Wow, something or someone must have really screwed up to make it this bad.
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So I guess someone hopefully had the resume ready to go? Hopefully nobody got hurt.
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Resume not always needed. I have seen a Louisville & Nashville wreck on the East Kentucky sub, between Hazard, Ky. and Winchester, Ky. that looked almost as bad and included two locomotives in the Red River. That wreck was as expensive, but was caused by a slide brought down by the vibration of the train. My father in-law was involved in a similar incident on the C. & O.'s Big Sandy division. His train was traveling at normal speed and rounded a curve to find a slide caused by a previous train, blocking the tracks. They went into emergency, hit the slide and put the first two units of their consist into the Big Sandy River. Both men in the lead unit were able to exit the lead engine and climb up the second unit as both units slowly continued to slide into the river. Mother Nature and Mother Earth can combine to cause accidents that are un-avoidable. I don't think any crew members were in any way held responsible.in either incident. Slides are not the only cause of accidents, washouts also cause them.
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As information, there weren't any injuries and resumes weren't necessary. The derailment was caused by a defect of some kind, equipment or track, and occurred in the middle of the train.
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Imagine the conductor's reaction when we walked back to see why the train went into emergency.
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This time frame they still used a Caboose, so the Captain would be looking ahead or the rear brakeman in the cupola and bracing for the inevitable to happen, well anyone who models and weather there equipment has a good view of what they look like inside, I want to thank the C&O for posing all those cars this way to get good weathering techniques mastered.
BTW I like the shot more than what happened.
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