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Re: Here's what happens when there isn't a derail
Author: Castlebridge
Date: 03-29-2010 - 16:55

OPRRMS Wrote:
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> Here's an example of a drawbridge not protected by
> derails.
>
> [www.nilesdepot.org]
>
> Click on the slideshow to see the sequence.
>
> The former SP Schellville Branch crosses the Napa
> River on a drawbridge at Brazos. Twice, first in
> 1961 and again in 1983, units have gone into the
> river.
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I seem to remember that after one of those events the bridge tender was reported in the press to have commented something to the effect of, "The bridge was open. The signal was red. But he didn't stop. He shouldn't have done that."

BTW--That's a great photo sequence.

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