I guess that begs the question of how many runaways from Port Morris there
were in the DL&W years? I can think of only one off the top of my head:
the 1958(?) string of cars that got loose on the wye and travelled all the
way to Point of Gap.
"Tupaczewski,
Paul R \(Paul\)"
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lucent.com> "Gary R. Kazin" <gkazin_@_yahoo.com>
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01/02/2007 01:28 RE: (erielack) Fwd: [rlhsgroup]
PM Dover NJ wreck?
Please respond to
"Tupaczewski,
Paul R \(Paul\)"
<paultup_@_alcatel-
lucent.com>
> 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.
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