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Picture 10, CB&Q/CRI&P Wreck |
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| Photo Date: |
9/28/1964 Upload Date: 6/15/2007 10:00:22 PM |
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Montgomery, IL |
| Author: |
Marty Bernard |
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| Locomotives: |
CRIP 651(E8A) |
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3861 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
CRI&P E8 651 |
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CRI&P E8 651, Eola, Illinois, October 11, 1964, photo by Chuck Zeiler. This locomotive was built in March 1952 (c/n 15198) on EMD Order 2047A. See this address for a full report on this accident: http://railfan44.blogspot.com/2014/01/major-passenger-train-wreck-montgomery.html . Briefly, this was the second of six Rock Island locomotives (656, 651, 633, 750, 638 and 636) in a combined train (#'s 4 and 10) that was re-routed over the CB&Q because of a faulty bridge in the Rock Island's track. It was holding at Montgomery, Illinois, waiting for CB&Q's Train #3 to clear the interlocking, but #3 was routed by mistake into the standing Rock Island train, hitting it at approximately 52 mph, destroying both lead locomotives and killing four people. |
| Photo Date: |
10/14/1964 Upload Date: 10/8/2009 12:23:15 PM |
| Location: |
Eola, IL |
| Author: |
Chuck Zeiler |
| Categories: |
Roster,Wreck |
| Locomotives: |
CRIP 651(E8A) |
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1311 Comments: 3 |
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