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This involves NS GE #4001, with special paint job.
This is west of Lewistown,PA., NS Pittsburgh line.
Few details available, but apparently on a westbound empty coal hopper train.
Minor injuries to crew.
Photo credit to A. Varner

Photo by me from the dome of Stampede Pass last May in Roanoke yard.

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  • 002: 4/14/2017, Mattawanna, PA.
  • 034: 5/6/16, Roanoke,VA.
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I'm am really glad the crew is ok considering how deep it did go down. What's really weird, I just saw one of her sisters today. NS 4002 leading 25Z in Rootstown Ohio this early evening. And not even 3 minutes after the tail end cleared, a gentlemen who was there also to see 4002, showed me that photo on this his of 4001. So, I just saw 4002 and 4001 today derailed. The question I do ask, do they know what caused the derailment yet?

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Moonman posted:

Looks like a switch problem or signals or maybe engineer

train derails near mattawana

Strange, when you search for that phrase there are many derailments in the last few years in this area -is this area haunted?

Carl:

According to local lore, it is or, used to be anyhow.  

I recollect there being a field surrounded by trees near this location where we used to go when I was in high school.  An orbish light blob would appear in the far corner of the field and travel along the tree line.  The story was the light was a lantern being carried by a headless brakeman who had been killed in a train wreck.  He was searching for his head.  We referred to the location simply as "The Light".

This was better than 46 - 47 years ago so I don't know if the legend is still around.

Curt

TomlinsonRunRR posted:

What's the background on the special paint job?  It looks a bit like Delaware & Hudson heritage colors.  Pretty awful looking spill, 'though.  I'm glad the injuries were minor.

TRRR

The history why it's painted that way is because this and 4000 were the first set of units to be converted from Dash 9's to AC44C6M's which is DC to AC power. Roanoke had 2 also and they're 4002 and 4003. 4004 and 4005 are from Altoona. Blue is Altoona, and Brown or Tuscan Red horse mane is from Roanoke.

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