Ferronorte 9011 was a C44-9W. In Brazil we have only standard cab dash 8 on EFVM, EFC and ALL (an ex- Conrail unit)
UP 9777 was involved in a wreck on 11 August 1999 at Clinton, Iowa. It was the lead unit on a doublestack intermodal train (IG02OA-11, Intermodal, Global 2 to Oakland) detouring over the I&M Rail Link due to a washed out bridge on UP at Calamus, Iowa (UP also operates about three trains over IMRL each day), and struck several cars left on the IMRL mainline by a BNSF road switcher. The crew were IMRL employees, and both were killed. Power consist was UP 9777 (leading), UP 9452, UP 9048, UP 3385; train statistics: 91 loads, 0 empties, 5,594 tons, 7,180 feet in length. One estimate of the damage to 9777 was in excess of $650,000.
Here’s another view of UP 9777
I can’t see the pics of the dash waiting to be scrapped… it shows a questionmark sign… Can you post a direct link?
Hey, I have seen that unit too (after being repaired). I have the number recorded in my book. That is one reason to keep up with the numbers you have seen.
Here they are:
Pedrop, many times it does not work to link directly to the picture, as the hosting web site can be using software that changes the URL as their database gets re-indexed. It might help to post the link to the page on which the picture is displayed, instead of posting the link to the picture itself.
About two year ago MRSL lost three locos in a wreck near my town. The train with 138 iron ore cars lost the brakes as it departures the mine and collided with a wall used to load iron ore at the botton of the hill. In the accident MRS lost two U23C and a SD40-2 and all iron ore cars. The engineer survives because he passes from the first to the second loco (sd40-2). The first and the last units (U23C) were completly destroyed as you can see here.
Also the links to those guys who can not see the pictures here:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/archiveEditThumbs.aspx?id=19179
Here is another pictures of that wreck. Not hte GE units were completly destroyed.
Here is one of the GE´s…
I take it that the rail route runs(3 r’s) along side a highway? I inserted the 3r’s after i reread the text looking for errors. My question: were there any witnesses to the accident? Was anyone on the highway injured?
Hi doghouse,
the accident happened after midnight. The road we see along the wall links a small town close the yard we sse in the pictures, but is used most by trucks carrying iron ore to load trains at the wall you see in the pictures. At that wall always have truck drivers and other employees all day and night, so I´m sure there were witnesses. Nobody on the road was injuried, in spite of the train cross it by a viaduct about 500 metes before the point where the train hit the wall. The enginner told the nearest station about his problem and the road was closed immediately. The engineers survives because he went to the second loco, the SD40-2. The firts one (u23C) hit the wall and dropped to the side and the full tank exploded. The third unit (another U23C) was completly destroyed by the iron ore cars. The middle unit, the SD40-2, was squeezed between the two GE´s and hit the wall with its rear and. That´s why the enginner survives.
The train lost the brakes because the engineers was alone that night (in fact, here in Brazil just one person controls the trains, from the small one to the huge EFVM locotrol of 320 cars). He drove the train to the mine at the top of a hill. Then, he moved the locos to the rear to start loading the cars. When he coupled the locos again to the train, he forgot to open the air valves, so the the locos couldn´t pressure the lines with air to the brakes. When the train was completley full of iron ore, he starts to go down hill and perceived the train had no brakes braques. He said the train reach more than 100 km per hour when hit the wall. [:(]