Number 90 posted:geysergazer posted:
The 31L-A-B-C was the engine on Number 2, the San Francisco Chief, when the train went in the ditch at Trull, near Orwood, California, in 1954. An axle on one of the B units broke, and the engine and most of the train derailed at around 60 MPH. San Bernardino Shops could do terrific wreck repairs. You would never guess that this engine had once been wrecked.
Tom, thanks for that!
This pic was taken between '61 and '65. Dad told me the story about the Chief cornfield-meet with the Fast Mail at Springer, NM. When he told me the story we were sitting at Wagon Mound, NM waiting for a Meet.
Lew
