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I thought the Genesis was trailing not lead locomotive. So it was the Genesis that when head first into the mud. The amount of kinetic energy dissipated is frightening
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I thought the Genesis was trailing not lead locomotive, the two F40s were leading
Thanks, reread the accident account and saw 819 was leading.The Genesis was the first locomotive. It buried itself deep in the sand bank.
The consist and car order that I posted is correct.
So there was only one sleeper on the train? Why?34040, 39973, 38030 and 32067 were returned to service.
34040 was wrecked in Boise ID (Pioneer) 2/95. It was repaired using funds from American Recovery and Reimbursement Act (TIGER grant), and put back in active roster in Jan 2011. It is currently active.
39973 became Pacific Parlour Car and since has been retired. Sold to DALT Nov/18
38030 apparently suffered heat damage on train 59 in Sledge MS on 4/23/07. It may have been subsequently put back in service. It has been stored dead since Sep/20.
32067 Currently active
That is all I could dig out from Dave Warner's journal on OTOL and Dan Ainsworth's Superliner page.
Is that rhetorical question or are expecting an answer from some decision maker in 1993?So there was only one sleeper on the train? Why?
Have you looked at Warner’s book I mentioned above? It could save you a lot of work.I don't but I'm sure I could probably find it somewhere. Right now I'm working on the dispositions of all of the Heritage Era HEP cars. I started with baggage cars which is why I had that so easily accessible.
Do you know if it was the standard? Or just a one-time thing for whatever reason.Is that rhetorical question or are expecting an answer from some decision maker in 1993?
Some videos of the cars returned to service in action
The sleeper is shown in this video (shot by one of our members I believe):
The dining car in this video:
the coach car in this video: (some dents visible, possibly from the accident or the Boise incident)
The Parlour Car is featured here at 5:49: And here before the accident:
My best recollection from having been a passenger in the sleeper the week before the accident and being interested in the return of rail service NOL-MIA in general was there was initially (starting April, 1993) only ONE sleeper that made the entire cross country LAX-MIA trip. Although there were other sleepers on the Sunset Ltd., they, I think, travelled only LAX-NOL. I do not know or recall the rest of of the consists protocol (thru equipment LAX-MIA or just LAX-NOL???????)Do you know if it was the standard? Or just a one-time thing for whatever reason.
My recollection also is that some number of cars were added in NOL heading west, though I have no recollection what those cars were.My best recollection from having been a passenger in the sleeper the week before the accident and being interested in the return of rail service NOL-MIA in general was there was initially (starting April, 1993) only ONE sleeper that made the entire cross country LAX-MIA trip. Although there were other sleepers on the Sunset Ltd., they, I think, travelled only LAX-NOL. I do not know or recall the rest of of the consists protocol (thru equipment LAX-MIA or just LAX-NOL???????)
Is that rhetorical question or are expecting an answer from some decision maker in 1993?
Have you looked at Warner’s book I mentioned above? It could save you a lot of work.
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