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Re: Recent derailments at Albany, Oregon
Author: Tom McCann
Date: 05-26-2010 - 23:01

It looks as though the gondola in the first photo split a switch as the train was coming into the yard.

A similar incident on the Washington, D.C. Metrorail in the early 1980s caused a Metro train to crash into a wall, killing several riders. The tragedy escaped immediate notice in the news media because, on the same day, an Air Florida flight crashed into the Potomac River while on takeoff from National Airport, killing nearly 80 people.

BTW, the 1501 is one of two ex-SP SD7s that have called the P&W home.

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  Recent derailments at Albany, Oregon Charles Bonville 05-26-2010 - 12:53
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  Re: Recent derailments at Albany, Oregon Charles Bonville 05-26-2010 - 20:03
  Re: Recent derailments at Albany, Oregon Erik H. 05-26-2010 - 21:07
  Re: Recent derailments at Albany, Oregon Tom McCann 05-26-2010 - 23:01


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