Hol
This photo is the aftermath of a wreck on 25
July 1942 on Crawford Hill, when two trains collided head-on, killing three
crew in one of the locos. The crash resulted from the Crawford operator
failing to hand up all the orders to one of the trains. The
missing order identified the new meeting point for the two trains.
Rupert Gamlen
Auckland NZ
From:
CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of HOL WAGNER
Sent: Sunday, 28 April 2013 5:33
a.m.
To: CB&Q Group
Subject: RE: [CBQ] Re: Banded tank
car [1 Attachment]
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Paul:
Here's the best view I have of one of the white-banded tank cars, and the
lettering on it pretty well refutes what I said earlier about their being used
for gasoline -- though that's still what I was told by someone who should have
known. The visible part of the lettering reads:
FOR CB&Q OIL
EXCLUSIVELY
AND MUST BE
USED ONLY FOR
and unfortunately the remainder of the stenciling is either illegible or not
visible.
The wreck in the photo was a head-on collision on the Alliance Division in the
late 1930s or early 1940s, I believe on the North Platte Valley line between
Northport, Neb., and Guernsey, Wyo.
It's possible there were red-banded tanks for gasoline, as the gasoline tanks
on passemger motor cars were always painted red. But this is nothing but
my speculation.
Hol