Western Railroad Discussion > chatsworth accident

I dont know where they took the lead locomotive but saw this one in the oxnard yard

---

---

---

Airlines cover up the name and logo after a crash, too. It's silly because everyone can identify the airline by paint alone.

Would the 'AU' in the number indicate Australia?

Interesting. Never seen that done before.

I remember when I worked in radio, whenever there was an airline disaster, the first thing we did was pull any (all) airlines commercials from the racks. If ML was running any TV and/or radio ads, I'm sure they've been pulled until further notice.

Looks like the new USAirways livery.

Looks like US Air...

CNW534 Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Airlines cover up the name and logo after a crash,
> too. It's silly because everyone can identify the
> airline by paint alone.


(News Media) "That yellow looks like an Amtrak freight train to me!"

cs16 Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Would the 'AU' in the number indicate Australia?

First letter looks like an N. If so, I'd say it is a U.S. airline.

UP 8485/8491 are the units in question.

Back in 1978, a Continental Airlines DC10 over ran the runway at LAX, crashing just across the street from a billboard for for that very flight to Hawaii. Not only was it the flight, but that very same aircraft was on the billboard. The airline obviously took that billboard down right away, but they went to all the other billboards around LA and painted out the registration number on the plane!

Companies worry about strange things.

Scott

After the oil spill in Alaska, Exxon renamed the Valdez and moved it from Alaska to the Mediterranean. I've forgotten the name now, but that's the point I think. Companies want to make it easier for folks to forget, and the sooner the better for PR purposes.

Nathan

CNW534 Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Looks like the new USAirways livery.


It's the Old USAir livery, before they merged with America West.

BNSFDS

No.

Nearly every Australian registration starts 'Victor Hotel' (VH-XXX)

Mike

That doesn't look like very much damage for what happened at Chatsworth?

Jamie

Hmmm, seems they could have just covered the logo and not put the "X" on it. That makes it even more obvious. <G>

atsf121 Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> After the oil spill in Alaska, Exxon renamed the
> Valdez and moved it from Alaska to the
> Mediterranean. I've forgotten the name now, but
> that's the point I think. Companies want to make
> it easier for folks to forget, and the sooner the
> better for PR purposes.
>
> Nathan


I you remember back that far, Santa Fe quickly removed their two RDCs' from So. California service after the hi-speed derailment at Redondo Jct. in 1956 that killed 30. I believe they were sent to Texas after they were rebuilt.

atsf121 Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> After the oil spill in Alaska, Exxon renamed the
> Valdez and moved it from Alaska to the
> Mediterranean. I've forgotten the name now, but
> that's the point I think. Companies want to make
> it easier for folks to forget, and the sooner the
> better for PR purposes.
>
> Nathan

I heard that the Exxon Valdez was renamed the Shell Valdez. <g>

RalphR