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Posted by chuchubob on Mon Nov 5 12:25:17 2007 The Lackawanna Festival steam special from Delaware Water Gap to Scranton on Saturday had to be assisted at one point by a pair of Delaware Lackawanna Alco C425's, which were stored overnight across from Bridge 60 Tower, then moved into the parking lot Sunday morning to make room for the derailment activity.  Apparently while the excursion train was backing across Bridge 60 to enter Steamtown's yard, DL&W coach 550 split a switch and the train continued for several car lengths before stopping with 550's west truck plowing into the ballast.      Bridge 60  temporart road of ballast and crossties to enable the rerailing/cleanup operations  
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Mon Nov 5 12:28:24 2007, in response to PHOTOS: Steamtown derailment, posted by chuchubob on Mon Nov 5 12:25:17 2007. great pics and coverage!!!! |
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Posted by Fred G on Mon Nov 5 12:32:15 2007, in response to PHOTOS: Steamtown derailment, posted by chuchubob on Mon Nov 5 12:25:17 2007. Lucky you!Seriously (as I get anyway), it doesn't appear that the damage is too severe. your pal, Fred |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Mon Nov 5 12:33:31 2007, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Steamtown derailment, posted by Fred G on Mon Nov 5 12:32:15 2007. Lucky you!They canceled the Sunday excursion because of it :( |
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Posted by Fred G on Mon Nov 5 12:41:54 2007, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Steamtown derailment, posted by Terrapin Station on Mon Nov 5 12:33:31 2007. Oh. Nevermind. I promise not to bring it up again.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by chuchubob on Mon Nov 5 13:00:23 2007, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Steamtown derailment, posted by Fred G on Mon Nov 5 12:41:54 2007. I had intended to photograph Sunday's excursion emerging from Nay Aug tunnel. I'm not complaining, though; I got cool derailment photos. |
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Posted by orange blossom special on Mon Nov 5 14:24:55 2007, in response to PHOTOS: Steamtown derailment, posted by chuchubob on Mon Nov 5 12:25:17 2007. That's messy. At least I can't see anything bad damage in the photos. Closest I have to those cars, are COACHES 3518 & 3572 DL&W MU CARS, which ran on the Erie-Lackawanna. :) Wouldn't want to see anymore to get lost. |
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Posted by R Pansepcc on Mon Nov 5 14:47:25 2007, in response to PHOTOS: Steamtown derailment, posted by chuchubob on Mon Nov 5 12:25:17 2007. Ouch.. You always seem to be at the most interesting places at the most interesting times. |
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Posted by JBar387 on Mon Nov 5 15:16:49 2007, in response to PHOTOS: Steamtown derailment, posted by chuchubob on Mon Nov 5 12:25:17 2007. Nice Pics! |
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Posted by Fulton Frank on Mon Nov 5 15:42:15 2007, in response to PHOTOS: Steamtown derailment, posted by chuchubob on Mon Nov 5 12:25:17 2007. Really looks like only one derailed truck. But, they'll need the crane for the car, right? |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Mon Nov 5 16:03:59 2007, in response to PHOTOS: Steamtown derailment, posted by chuchubob on Mon Nov 5 12:25:17 2007. Those yard tracks are not as in good of shape as they look. Even on the gentlest of curves, there is nothing but screeching and squealing of the flanges, and not just from the locos. I do wonder how often the NPS gets out there to determine the real gauges of those tracks . . . |
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Posted by chuchubob on Mon Nov 5 17:14:41 2007, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Steamtown derailment, posted by Fulton Frank on Mon Nov 5 15:42:15 2007. Both trucks of 550 are derailed. |
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Posted by South Ferry on Mon Nov 5 17:31:25 2007, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Steamtown derailment, posted by chuchubob on Mon Nov 5 17:14:41 2007. Eesh! Kinda hard to see where the tracks are under the car... from my aging eyes, it looks as if it's laying on the rockbed there... Oy! (atleast there was no geese aboard, no?) |
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Posted by South Ferry on Mon Nov 5 17:35:10 2007, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Steamtown derailment, posted by South Ferry on Mon Nov 5 17:31:25 2007. Sorry... I overshot this detail: the train continued for several car lengths before stopping with 550's west truck plowing into the ballast. |
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Posted by chuchubob on Mon Nov 5 17:58:04 2007, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Steamtown derailment, posted by South Ferry on Mon Nov 5 17:31:25 2007. Oy! (atleast there was no geese aboard, no?)Correct. I suspect that if geese had been aboard, their yelling might have called the predicament to the conductor's attention before any damage occurred. The train was backing into the Steamtown yard to participate in the ill-fated night photo session. Ill-fated in that tickets were $75 with the belief that the Reading F7A's and Jersey Central F3's would be present, along with additional cool stuff that also didn't show up allegedly because of government red tape (Steamtown is part of the National Park Service). All participants were to get a $35 refund because of the watered-down night photo roster. I don't know whether they got a further refund with the absence of the steam locomotive. Canadian Pacific Pacific 2317 was present, along with the three former Conrail business train E8's.   
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Posted by bklynsubwaybob on Mon Nov 5 18:31:35 2007, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Steamtown derailment, posted by chuchubob on Mon Nov 5 17:58:04 2007. Hey Bob,Thanks for the great photos and coverage of the Steamtown derailment. I had full intentions of being there at least one day during the festival but I failed to put it on the calendar and I had a lapse of memory of it until Sunday night. It was on the Sunday night news and I realized I missed it. I'm sure glad that you were able to get there and produce such nice photos for us dummeys who screw up important dates LOL. Again, many thanks for the photos. bklynsubwaybob |
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Posted by South Ferry on Mon Nov 5 19:05:05 2007, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Steamtown derailment, posted by chuchubob on Mon Nov 5 17:58:04 2007. Tho if the tower at the LEFT of the spillage site was manned, I'd presume THAT's the telltale witness. |
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Posted by South Ferry on Mon Nov 5 19:05:51 2007, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Steamtown derailment, posted by South Ferry on Mon Nov 5 19:05:05 2007.  MIL GRACIAS POR ESTA!! |
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Posted by chuchubob on Mon Nov 5 19:08:51 2007, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Steamtown derailment, posted by South Ferry on Mon Nov 5 19:05:05 2007. Bridge 60 Tower is manned by the Delaware Lackawanna Dispatcher and assistants. |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor for ALL 3 LINES!!! on Mon Nov 5 20:36:12 2007, in response to PHOTOS: Steamtown derailment, posted by chuchubob on Mon Nov 5 12:25:17 2007. How did this happen?? Looks like it must have involved and issue with a switch. |
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Posted by chuchubob on Mon Nov 5 21:20:21 2007, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Steamtown derailment, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor for ALL 3 LINES!!! on Mon Nov 5 20:36:12 2007. Looks like it must have involved and issue with a switch.Exactly. The train was backing into Steamtown Yard for Saturday's night photo session. The east truck of Lackawanna 550 went one way and the west truck went the other way. The crew wasn't paying attention, and when the tracks became farther apart than the trucks, the derailment occurred. |
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Posted by Broadway Lion on Mon Nov 5 22:06:38 2007, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Steamtown derailment, posted by chuchubob on Mon Nov 5 21:20:21 2007. Yeah, well even if my crew is paying attention, they frequently cannot stop a train soon enough if it splits a switch line that.Get out the 0-5-0 switcher! ROAR |
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Posted by South Ferry on Tue Nov 6 02:18:57 2007, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Steamtown derailment, posted by chuchubob on Mon Nov 5 19:08:51 2007. I'm sure they musta seen something (*and?) said something?? |
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Posted by Fulton Frank on Tue Nov 6 06:39:43 2007, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Steamtown derailment, posted by South Ferry on Tue Nov 6 02:18:57 2007. And towers have a horn on which they can "blow taps" No? Is it two loud blasts that mean all movement stops INSTANTLY. |
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