THIS DOES NOT LOOK GOOD AT ALL!
This apparent sideswipe resulted in the lead locomotive of an Eastbound freight leaving the the rails and ending in the ditch. This accident happened in mid-1971 on the AT&SF mainline portion located near Carmenita, Cal. I do not recall the circumstance which led to my opportunity to photograph the incident, but it was most likely my observation of these damaged cars. I ask a friend recently to look-up M.P. 157 and he reported it is within the city of La Mirada. This makes sense to me as La Mirada is but a short distance East of Carmenita. I am sure of Carmenita because I recognize the oil tanks and the refinery tower visible in one of the photographs. I am a dyed-in-the-wool Union Pacific RR brand of foamer and I do not possess much AT&SF reference material. So, I am not sure, but strongly suspect the use of a steam powered derrick to clean-up this mess in 1971 was the last time, or nearly the last time, it was used thus on the AT&SF.
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- THIS DOES NOT LOOK GOOD AT ALL!
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- WHAT’S OUR PLAN?
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- IT’S ALL YOURS; I’M LEAVING. CALL ME WHEN YOU’RE DONE.
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- CERTAINLY CAPABLE, BUT NOT VERY INTERESTING TO THIS OLD FOAMER.
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- THE SAN BERNADINO HOOK IS HERE.
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- THERE IS IS A LOT OF EFFORT INVOLVED IN MAKING READY TO LIFT THE LOCOMOTIVE OUT OF THE DITCH.
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- THESE CRANES ARE CAPABLE OF LIFTING WELL OVER 100 TONS EACH. A VERY WELL BUILT TIMBER FOUNDATION IS REQUIRED TO MAKE THE LIFT SAFELY.
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- LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE MORE COORDINATION IS NEEDED!
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- THE TWO CRANES MUST NOW SWING THE LOCOMOTIVE OVER TO THE GOOD TRACK TO BE RE-RAILED
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- LOOKS GOOD SO FAR.
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- START PACKING! WE’RE DONE.
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