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10-10-2020 - 21:14
George Andrews
The 1939 Wreck of The Streamliner City of San Francisco took place in Harney, Nevada, between Carlin and Beowawe. Though Espee insisted the track was sabotaged, and a HUGE reward was offered, no perso
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10-10-2020 - 18:48
WebDigger
On 10-10-2020 - 13:01, Pdxrailtransit Wrote: http://www.altamontpress.com/discussion/read.php?1,215346,215355
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> https://www.fbi.gov/news/stori
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10-17-2019 - 09:43
J
A note signed "Sons of the Gestapo" was found at the site of the 1995 vandalism derailment of #1 at Hyder, AZ. As with the 1939 City of San Francisco incident, the case remains unsolved. I don't und
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08-25-2019 - 15:30
George Andrews
Curiously, Espee made a line change in this area shortly after the accident.
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08-25-2019 - 13:20
Lucky Strike
Did the railroad eliminate the bridge (or two) after the accident?
It looks like the Humboldt River has been rechanneled at the accident site.
Map
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08-25-2019 - 10:54
Fiddler
That first picture shown of the accident shows a trestle. Looks like within the time taken to remove the wreck, a trestle was erected to gain access and restore continuity to the line. Talk about quic
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08-23-2019 - 10:09
ron
I am sure the video has mistakes and is amateur in context . Overall it was fascinating to watch and i am glad someone took the time and effort to make it or we won't be commenting about it now.
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08-23-2019 - 08:00
LAS
His voice was pretty annoying besides his mispronouncing of names.
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08-23-2019 - 07:40
Dmac844
Speaking of mistakes in the video, did anyone catch that in the second map shown, at about the 1:30 mark, that the route is the California Zephyr route, not the City of SF route?
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08-22-2019 - 18:49
OPRRMS
George Andrews Wrote:
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> I have the book Tragic Train, and have read it
> many times. One thing that doesn't make sense,
> from a physical st
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08-22-2019 - 18:27
George Andrews
Ignore most of the narration in the video; mistakes abound. At 6' 15" in the video, enjoy a good laugh as the narrator mangles the car names Mission Delores, Embarcadero, & Presidio !!!
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08-22-2019 - 18:15
George Andrews
I have the book Tragic Train, and have read it many times. One thing that doesn't make sense, from a physical standpoint :
If the rail was indeed jacked over to the inside of where it had been, why
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08-22-2019 - 12:15
OPRRMS
Rasputin Wrote:
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> The Book
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> Tragic train, "the City of San Francisco"
> by Donald P. DeNevi 1977
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> is a very good account of thi
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08-22-2019 - 11:18
Rasputin
The Book
Tragic train, "the City of San Francisco"
by Donald P. DeNevi 1977
is a very good account of this accident, very well worth the read.
In the book they comment that the investigation
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12-29-2008 - 05:47
Dmac844
I am not that familar with the area, but isn't this fairly close to the site of the famous 1939 City of San Francisco sabotage derailment?
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