Re: 1962 North Coast Limited Wreck At Granite Lake, ID
Author: Butler
Date: 03-04-2011 - 07:54
At the time of that accident I was a student at WSU in Pullman and also a Telegrapher for the NP. I drove up to the scene, arriving before much had been changed. It made me sick to see all that fine NCL equipment strewn around.
Bill Kubler (See the George Andrews post above) gave an OUTSTANDING presentation about this accident at the NPRHA convention last summer in Spokane. He has spent years researching the accident and went far beyond what the ICC did in their report.
In summary, while there were several contributing causes, excessive speed on a curve caused the derailment and there is some evidence that the engine crew may have become lost; in other words, not known exactly where they were. Rather important when you are running at 75mph!
As I recall, they fished around in the lake bottom mud for the lead unit for quite some time before finally using USAF (from Fairchild AFB) sonar. They did not raise it until June, 1962 - 3+ months later!
1962 North Coast Limited Wreck At Granite Lake, ID
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Holly Gibson |
03-03-2011 - 00:59 |
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Graham Buxton |
03-03-2011 - 05:30 |
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Holly Gibson |
03-03-2011 - 11:29 |
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Northern Snowman |
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Dale Jones |
03-03-2011 - 07:28 |
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George Andrews |
03-03-2011 - 09:52 |
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Butler |
03-04-2011 - 07:54 |
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Bruce Butler |
03-06-2011 - 23:41 |
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GF |
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03-04-2011 - 16:58 |
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03-04-2011 - 19:35 |
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03-04-2011 - 20:35 |
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03-05-2011 - 08:57 |
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DCA |
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Re: 1962 North Coast Limited Wreck -- Do it @ Winterail !!!
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03-08-2011 - 07:25 |
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03-08-2011 - 09:49 |
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