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Steam & Excursion > This Event Must Have Really Startled This Steam Locomotives Crew!Date: 04/02/20 02:52 This Event Must Have Really Startled This Steam Locomotives Crew! Author: LoggerHogger As if everyday railroading back in the age of steam was not dangerous enough, this unfortunate crew of Southern Pacific's #2940 found themselves the target of quite a mudslide somewhere in Western Oregon during the early 1940's. From the looks of it, they appear to have actually been lucky that the slide did not take them further off the tracks and down that slope to the river below.
While two of the men in the photo have already started to man their shovels, but it will take more than those two shovels to clean up this mess and get #2940 back underway again. Martin Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 04/02/20 07:12 by LoggerHogger.  Date: 04/02/20 07:47 Re: This Event Must Have Really Startled This Steam Locomotives C Author: shortlineboss What type of car is in front of the locomotive?
Mike Root Madras, OR Date: 04/02/20 09:44 Re: This Event Must Have Really Startled This Steam Locomotives C Author: wjpyper I wonder if that was on the Oregon Electric line between River Road and the Willamette River near South Salem?
Bill Pyper Lacey, WA (xSalem) Date: 04/02/20 13:11 Re: This Event Must Have Really Startled This Steam Locomotives C Author: wabash2800 The one guy seems to be looking for something (buried under the mud?)
Victor A. Baird http://www.estwhilepublications.com Date: 04/02/20 14:22 Re: This Event Must Have Really Startled This Steam Locomotives C Author: PHall wabash2800 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > The one guy seems to be looking for something > (buried under the mud?) > > Victor A. Baird > http://www.estwhilepublications.com The track? Date: 04/02/20 19:18 Re: This Event Must Have Really Startled This Steam Locomotives C Author: wabash2800 "Elmer are you down there?"
PHall Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > wabash2800 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > The one guy seems to be looking for something > > (buried under the mud?) > > > > Victor A. Baird > > http://www.estwhilepublications.com > > The track? Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 04/04/20 19:20 by wabash2800. Date: 04/02/20 22:24 Re: This Event Must Have Really Startled This Steam Locomotives C Author: roustabout wjpyper Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > I wonder if that was on the Oregon Electric line > between River Road and the Willamette River near > South Salem? > Bill Pyper > Lacey, WA (xSalem) > Seriously doubt it, Bill. Maybe the Toledo line along the Yaquina River (geographic) west of Morrison Date: 04/03/20 10:08 Re: This Event Must Have Really Startled This Steam Locomotives C Author: Arved shortlineboss Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > What type of car is in front of the locomotive? Flat with a busted up Blackburn Beet Rack? Did the area produce sugar beets? Arved Grass Fleming Island, FL Date: 04/04/20 09:22 Re: This Event Must Have Really Startled This Steam Locomotives C Author: wabash2800 It kind of looks like a car that you would carry pulpwood on before bulkhead flats became common.
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