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Re: San Diegans collides in OC
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 08-15-2019 - 22:13
Berg Wrote:
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> Seems to me more than one San Diegan hit &
> derailed in OC after hitting diet movers.
>
> In a recent thread on TO it was mentioned that
> the EMD re-powered PA unit was destroyed in a
> collision with either an earth mover or large dump
> truck crossing the tracks.
On December 22, 1965, Train 73 with units 61L and 51C struck a gravel truck at a grade crossing in Anaheim. Both units rolled over in the resulting derailment. The 51C was one of the three units in the famous (or infamous) 51 set that EMD re-engined for Santa Fe. After the derailment, it sat just west of the San Bernadino shops for the next three years or so until scrapped.
If this link works, you can read Engineer Jack Ellwood's account of the derailment (.pdf format);
[www.trainweb.com]
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> Seems to me more than one San Diegan hit &
> derailed in OC after hitting diet movers.
>
> In a recent thread on TO it was mentioned that
> the EMD re-powered PA unit was destroyed in a
> collision with either an earth mover or large dump
> truck crossing the tracks.
On December 22, 1965, Train 73 with units 61L and 51C struck a gravel truck at a grade crossing in Anaheim. Both units rolled over in the resulting derailment. The 51C was one of the three units in the famous (or infamous) 51 set that EMD re-engined for Santa Fe. After the derailment, it sat just west of the San Bernadino shops for the next three years or so until scrapped.
If this link works, you can read Engineer Jack Ellwood's account of the derailment (.pdf format);
[www.trainweb.com]
