> This looks like the Port Morris runaway: > http://www.geocities.com/transit383/wrecks3.html > > November 2, 1966 > Phillipsburg Drill parked at Port Morris. The crew left the > train unattended while going to lunch, and somehow it broke > loose, eventually accelerating to over 60 miles per hour and > it crashed head on into a 4 car electric train at Dover > station, killing the engineer. A GP 7 and an RS 3 were > involved. The lead GP 7 survived, while the RS 3 flew over > the wreckage and was later scrapped. Which "Port Morris runaway?" There were two in EL years - the first was this one (and it was an RS2, not an RS3, that got wrecked) - there are articles on the list page, courtesy Scott Lupia: http://el-list.elhts.org/archives/article1.jpg http://el-list.elhts.org/archives/article4.jpg The second runaway was the one that had the CNJ RS3 in the consist and came rolling down and wiped out at Lake Junction in 1975, I believe? > > http://cgi.ebay.com:80/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180069926450 This is a great shot, BTW. - Paul The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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