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BO 4105 |
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Delivered with Silver Trucks |
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9/16/1972 Upload Date: 3/11/2023 9:13:22 AM |
| Location: |
Fairless Junction, PA |
| Author: |
Paul Amos |
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BO 4105(GP40-2) |
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| Title: |
BO 4105 |
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Delivered with Silver Trucks |
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9/17/1972 Upload Date: 3/11/2023 9:13:16 AM |
| Location: |
Jersey City, NJ |
| Author: |
Max Robin |
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BO 4105(GP40-2) |
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BO 4105 |
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Delivered with Silver Trucks |
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10/21/1973 Upload Date: 3/11/2023 9:13:32 AM |
| Location: |
Baltimore, MD |
| Author: |
Unknown |
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BO 4105(GP40-2) |
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| Title: |
BO 4105 |
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Delivered with Silver Trucks |
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10/21/1973 Upload Date: 3/11/2023 9:13:37 AM |
| Location: |
Baltimore, MD |
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Unknown |
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BO 4105(GP40-2) |
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BO 4105 only frame remains after fatal accident |
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A very sad incident, resulting in the death of one employee, and injuries to five more. It occured about 6:00 AM, east of the interlocking at Orleans Road, in an area with very limited sight distance due to track curvature, so the crew members had little time to react. Both trains were on #2 track, and both had red signals at Orleans Road, to hold for passage of the eastbound Amtrak train on #1 track. The eastbound train, Extra 6474 East, a mixed freight with two GP9's, went past the stop indication at Orleans Road at 38 MPH. The westbound train, a Chicago Trailer Train with 4367 and 4105, was slowing per the preceding approach signal, prepared to stop at the westbound signals at Orleans Road. The accident report stated that two members of the eastbound crew may not have been fit for duty. The engineer had said he was not feeling well, and the head brakeman had received only one hour of sleep immediately before the call, although he had been off duty for two days prior. The investigation revealed that the eastbound train was moving at 23 MPH prior to the approach signal at Doe Gully, but the speed increased to 38 MPH when it passed the stop indication at Orleans Road. The investigators also found that none of the three crewmen on the head end of the eastbound train had noticed that the train had passed a stop signal at Orleans Road, and that the deadman pedal had been disabled. The engineer did apply the brakes after passing through the interlocking (not an emergency application), which slowed the train to 25 MPH at the time of the crash. The investigators found that the westbound train, which was slowing for the anticipated stop indication at Orleans Road, was being operated in compliance with the operating rules. The employee who suffered fatal injuries was Barbara Jean Hopkins, the fireman on the westbound train, only 25 years old. She was a qualified locomotive engineer, but was working as a fireman on that day. After passing Hancock, she traded places with the engineer, and was running the train at the time of the crash. As Bill's first photo shows, the right side of the cab of lead unit 4367 was torn off, and unfortunately she and the other crew members did not have sufficient time to react. The other two westbound head-end crew members were on the left side of the cab, and suffered serious injuries, but fortunately survived. The NTSB Accident Report can be found on-line. As Bill noted, this collision led to the formal requirement on Chessie System that crews call signals, still in effect today on CSX. |
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1/1/1985 Upload Date: 1/11/2023 4:51:34 PM |
| Location: |
Youngstown, OH |
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Unknown |
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BO 4105(GP40-2) |
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