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Re: (erielack) February Calendar

I just can't believe that about NJ Transit - that they'd be smart enough to
run the first train with an engine head out.
I heard a story years ago about a PRR Harrisburg division dispatcher who
got fired.  A train pulled a knuckle, and when they replaced it, left the
damaged one in the gauge of the track, or an adjacent track.  An other
train came along, hit it, and got derailed.  The dispatcher was fired for
not finding out where the first train had left the damaged knuckle. 

Philip Martin
martinpl3_@_earthlink.net
Why Wait?  Move to EarthLink.


> [Original Message]
> From: Gary R. Kazin <gkazin_@_yahoo.com>
> To: EL List <erielack_@_lists.railfan.net>
> Date: 2/2/2004 9:39:04 AM
> Subject: Re: (erielack) February Calendar
>
> I don't have the calendar, so I don't know the time frame.
>
> On a Sunday some time in the late 1980's, a charter trip ran out the Erie
> side to Warwick and Middletown, NY.  During the trip, the consist was wyed
> at Campbell Hall.  On the return, it struck a mounted truck tire between
> the rails.  The engineer had seen it and dumped the air, so damage was
> minor - the engine's plow took most of the damage.
>
> Later, NJT wanted to sue the organizing group for damage to the train.  It
> was pointed out that if the charter hadn't run, the tire would have been
> struck by the first Main Line train on Monday.  That train would have been
> led by a cab car; at that time the cab card did not have plows.  The
> damage would have been much more serious and a derailment would have been
> possible.  NJT dropped the idea of suing the trip organizers and began
> running the first train of the day with a locomotive leading - all year
round.
>
> =====
> Gary R. Kazin
> DL&W Milepost R35.7
> Rockaway, New Jersey
>
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