Western Railroad Discussion > SP wreck quiz for BradleyMackay and the others...

Most interesting little quiz you posted...try yourselves out on these SP loco wreck questions.........

1.what unit wrecked Tucson march 89
2. ' ' destroyed by fire Pomona, Ca july 89
3. what tunnel motor was destroyed Cody,Ks mar 91
4.an sd45r destroyed Acoma Nev jan 95
5.name all units in San Bernadino runaway may 89
6.cotton belt unit destroyed Allard Ore nov 91
7.tunnel motor destroyed Montello Nev jun 85
8.what tunnel motor was destroyed back in aug 1975

LesWhite Wrote:
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> Most interesting little quiz you posted...try
> yourselves out on these SP loco wreck
> questions.........
>

> 1.what unit wrecked Tucson march 89

GP35R 6315


> 2. ' ' destroyed by fire Pomona, Ca july 89

?


> 3. what tunnel motor was destroyed Cody,Ks mar 91

6833


> 4.an sd45r destroyed Acoma Nev jan 95

7403


> 5.name all units in San Bernadino runaway may 89

SD45R 7443
SD45R 7549
SD45R 7551
SD40T-2 8317
SD40T-2 8278
SD45T-2 9340


> 6.cotton belt unit destroyed Allard Ore nov 91

GP40R 7967 (Alford Or. is the corrected location)


> 7.tunnel motor destroyed Montello Nev jun 85

SD45T-2 9169 rear-ended a stopped freight led by 8315. The 9169 on the point would have taken the brunt of the collision, but 9169 was not retired because of this wreck and later became SP SD45T-2R 6772 and then DM&IR SD40T-3 401. No word on trailing locomotives being written off.


> 8.what tunnel motor was destroyed back in aug 1975

? Had to be an SD45T-2 as the first SD40T-2 was written off in 1980.

Q8 yes it was an SD45T-2 unit...........do you know the unit concerned?

1)I had SW1500 2576, wrecked in a switching accident. It had to be scrapped.

2)Think this was SD9E #4307. Its main generator caught fire.

3)I couldn't remember this one.

4)I do remember this one. It was a detouring wb SP coal train on UP. EB UP ran a red signal; engineer was killed. Unit was indeed SP 7403.

5)I only had 9340, 7551, 7549, 8278 and 8317. Maybe those were the units scrapped on site; don't really remember. A
HORRIBLE day in SP history. I was only a few miles away from
where it happened...

6)Only remember it was a GP40-2. I believe KevinD is correct.

7)Unit was the 9210. A bad accident. The female lookout/
fireman on the helper was killed.

8)Brand new 9379, only five months old. Not 100% sure but I want to say that it was wrecked on the Rock Island between Dalhart and Liberal.

AM