Re: [CBQ] Can Anyone ID This Image

["LZadnichek@aol.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

March 23, 2015

 

Hol - That's frustrating. Since the Texas Zephyr of that era was so well known, I'm sure that a newspaper story about the derailment survives in some Texas digital repository. Maybe something will eventually turn-up that will provide details. At least Rupert helped to identify the FW&D derrick as D30. Best Regards - Louis      

 

In a message dated 3/23/2015 7:52:23 A.M. Central Daylight Time, CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:

Louis:
 
All of the F-3A1s and 2s were retired between 1952 and 1955, so it's impossible to tell from that, and there was no mention of derailment damage in the FW&D files that provided the retirement dates.  I ran across no mention of this derailment when researching The Colorado Road, and Steve Goen does not mention it in his FW&D color book.  I did see two more photos of the incident for sale on eBay a couple of years ago but failed to get them.  And there's no ICC accident report on the incident, either.  Sigh.
 
Hol
 

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To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 14:41:41 -0400
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Can Anyone ID This Image

 

March 22, 2015

 

Hol - If you have retirement dates for the FW&D 550 series Pacifics, was one of them retired in the early to mid-50s? Seems unlikely that the wrecked locomotive shown in the image would've been repaired so close to dieselization. Lastly, can you make out the number on the FW&D steam derrick? An interesting image, indeed. Thanks - Louis 

 

In a message dated 3/22/2015 1:16:46 P.M. Central Daylight Time, CBQ@yahoogroups.com writes:

I asked the seller if there was any data on the back of the print and he said it was blank.  But I do know one of the FW&D 550 series Pacifics derailed in the early-mid-1950s while on the daily assigned run between Fort Worth and Dallas with the Texas Zephyr.  This assignment lasted until the C&S and FW&D began buying second-hand E5s from the Q in 1955.
 
Hol
 

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To: cbq@yahoogroups.com
From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 16:52:27 -0400
Subject: [CBQ] Can Anyone ID This Image

 

March 21. 2014

 

Group - Can anyone identify the attached EBay image that shows T&P and FW&D steam derricks rerailing a badly damaged locomotive.  The unlucky locomotive looks to be a FW&D Class F-3A-1 4-6-2 type. Its missing cab in down in the brush at bottom right. The image is unidentified as to date or location. Best Regards - Louis

 

Louis Zadnichek II

Fairhope, AL 

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