Derailment Report - August
21, 1967 - Windsor
At 820am today yard work train
diesel 7433 headed east Engineer Blackman Conductor A Campbell helper
W.T.Naylor with three cars of stone on west end of diesel, ran red
signal No.16 on eastbound main at Windsor Depot and over No.7 derail
at Tower No.1 NYCX 19696 all derailed and car listed 45 degree angle
to the south. NYCX 19675 west trucks off and rerailed at 1005am.
Three rails turned, slight damage to rerail also rods bent. Ordered a
front end loader from Marentette Bros to unload the stone in car NYCX
19696 and when made empty, will pull empty hopper back over on rails
with burro crane, later on today. Two cars of stone unloaded at
1030am and will continue unloading stone on eastbound from Depot
towards yard limited.
H.F.Petrie - 1100am
155pm - HTP says car no on yet
(NYCX 19696) and track will not be ok for No.354
Car rerailed at 400pm. Eastbound
track ok 530pm - August 21, 1967 |