NOTE: This message had contained at least one image attachment. To view or download the image(s), click on or cut and paste the following URL into your web browser: http://lists.railfan.net/listthumb.cgi?erielack-07-06-06 902.jpg (image/jpeg, 1324x889 318901 bytes, BF: 3.69 ppb) > November 2, 1966 Port Morris EL > 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. 1 Fatality, 8 Injuries > (This sounds like a hell of a story) > > > > This was the demise of EL #902. I show it wrecked at Dover, > NJ 11-01-66 and > scrapped at Croxton. I photographed it in Hoboken shortly > after the wreck. > > SMT But I'm a bit perplexed here - the lead GP7, which smashed into the MU set, survived? Huh? And the RS3 "flew over the wreckage?" Seems to violate some laws of physics, doesn't it? Attached is a shot of the 902 at Croxton shortly after the accident. Doesn't look like the type of wreck damage you'd get from "flying over" wreckage. My guess was the GP7 was trailing, not leading. - Paul The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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