Western Railroad Discussion > A "Yellow Submarine" along U.P.'s Coffeyville Sub.

There was a derailment on the Union Pacific Railroad's Coffeyville Sub. near Benedict, KS, on Jan. 15, 2015. A northbound train struck a loaded dump truck, with the power and some cars derailing. One of the engines was left behind following the clean-up operation. Now, recent flooding has left the abandoned locomotive under several feet of water. Wonder if this engine will still get rebuilt. Unfortunately, I don't have an engine number.

(Photo courtesy of Dalas Staton of Neodesha, KS)

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If it was a different model of locomotive, we would be correct in calling it an alligator.

JoCoLB Wrote:
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> If it was a different model of locomotive, we
> would be correct in calling it an alligator.

Or maybe even a crocodile...

That water damage will pretty well seal its fate! Just send the truck driver a bill for a new locomotive!
Peter Arnold

JoCoLB Wrote:
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> If it was a different model of locomotive, we
> would be correct in calling it an alligator.

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The two engine units involved in the crash were  U.P. 3804 and U.P. 8743. One has been removed from the site but unknown which one. Hopefully, someone will figure out which one remains stranded.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/25/15 09:29 by JoCoLB.

Or an old GE...U Boat. My apologies.

Perhaps the UP might take it to Little Rock and swap out a lot of components with Bush 41 so the static loco can get all the junk parts and the like new low mileage parts can get out on the road. Maybe just repaint the blue unit into yellow and the yellow unit into blue and swap the numbers.

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Sure looks like a 4 in the 3rd number position on the rear, so I'm guessing it's the 8743.

Well the other unit involved in the wreck was a SD70M...this is an SD70ACe, making it the 8743.

good thing they tarped it

Second photo by the same person, both engines are still in site. 

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You say this wreck occured in January? Sure has been sitting there awhile seeing as this now May, almost June. If it was to be rebuilt you would have thought UP would have removed it sooner.

Ricky
Austin, TX

That would have required planning for a lot of equipment and people to get together at this place at the same time. You need the Cat Pack, a couple of heavy lift (100 tons +) cranes and two heavy capacity flatcars and a place to load them. In hindsight it would now appear the units should have at least been dragged to higher ground before the Spring rains.

I wonder how the trucker's insurance is going to deal with this now?




TexasEagle77 Wrote:
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> You say this wreck occured in January? Sure has
> been sitting there awhile seeing as this now May,
> almost June. If it was to be rebuilt you would
> have thought UP would have removed it sooner.
>
> Ricky
> Austin, TX

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Maybe the current steam crew is in charge of recovery.

Thanks for showing the photos. I havn't been back since the day after the wreck when the first train went through after the line was re-opened. Just last week I was wondering if they were still there or if they had been removed.
Brian Stevens

Sorry for the misinformation about one of the engines being previously moved from the Benedict derailment.  Forgive my forgetfulness. Must have been another engine at another mishap that I saw being removed in a photo on trainorders. I do know that two engines were recently removed from a U.P. wreck near Galva, Kan.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/26/15 13:30 by JoCoLB.

Here is a KOAM-TV (Pittsburg, Kan.)  photo of the wrecked engines soon after the pileup in January.

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Wow. As much as I'd like to see it "stuck to" the negligent trucking company and their insurance, I can't get on board with the notion that they should be liable for the flood damage. Incredible that UP left those units on site for such a long time.

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Given the position of the units in the post derailment photo, the UP crews afterwards look to have been the ones who moved the units to the lower ground next to the track.  I'm sure they were just racing to reopen the track but failed to think how the units would be recovered or when they would be recovered.  It is very strange that UP would essentially abandon the units there unless there was some litigation going on as a result of the accident cause.  Anyone know if there is litigation that may have caused UP to leave them close to the accident site and not mess with them?

Milwaukee Wrote:
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> It is very strange that
> UP would essentially abandon the units there
> unless there was some litigation going on as a
> result of the accident cause.  Anyone know if
> there is litigation that may have caused UP to
> leave them close to the accident site and not mess
> with them?

If indeed there was litigation, it raises the question -- who pays for the water damage now?

Regardless, it's another victory for billable hours!

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