Wow what?!?!?! SP SD9E 4433, a.k.a the second PNWR 1854, has an accident on the Willamette Valley Railroad?

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According to page 34 in issues 363-373 of Pacific Rail News, WVR SD9E #4433 (formerly known as SP 4433) was involved in a collision with a logging truck and sent to the WVR’s Independence shops in Independence, Oregon for repairs.

I’m not sure about when this happened nor if it was lightweight or pulling a train. Can someone explain what happened and who was responsible for the accident?

It looks like it could have happened in 1994, because that was the year when 363-373 were published, but I’ll take that with a grain of salt.

I hope this was the only accident that the 4433 was involved in.

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Please. Just. Stop.

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Perhaps you should take your rail disasters to a TV channel that shows that stuff.

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Well, I can’t because I don’t have all the details on this particular event.

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I can understand that talking about accidents can make trainmen nervous but the reality is they’re going to happen. There’s no rule against talking about them.

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There are two ways of talking about them - talking to learn so that the incident does not get recreated or the ‘Hold my Beer’ way.