| Posted by on November 12, 2011 | |
Thank God there weren't fatalities involved, but it's sad to see a Warbonnet gone that soon.
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The force of impact must have been massive!
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The strength of the wide safety cab is clearly evident here. Duck!
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It looks like the 852 had a BIG hammer taken to it! It makes me pretty sad to see an old ATSF unit like this. Thank goodness there were no fatalities!
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Clearly, this does NOT show any strength of the cab design, since nothing struck the nose of the unit (note the intact handrails). Yet, the top of the cab was nearly sheared off. The crew was very lucky indeed!
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| Posted by Phil on November 16, 2011 | |
The locomotive shows evidence of a collision that was strong enough to stretch the metal along the left side of the cab. The roof of the cabin looks to have been forced upwards by the force of the impact. Yes, the crew was lucky indeed.
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| Posted by Dana M. on February 10, 2014 | |
Yes this is a little late, but I just noticed that this train, and these locomotives, just 'happen' to be stopped and sitting next to an auto junk/scrap/salvage yard. Ironic isn't it? I wonder if the operators of the yard in the background to the left are looking at the damaged locos and thinking; "How much money could we get for those?"
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