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Derailment at Centralia, WA - 1979
This derailment occurred in 1979 just south of Blakeslee Jct at the south end of the Skookumchuck River bridge. All of these photos were taken by me with an old 110 instant camera. A large, blue road crane was driven down the tracks (straddling the rail) from the Third St. Crossing in Centralia (about a quarter mile from the derailment) to pick up the cars and re-rail the locos.
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Cutting a road into the derailment. |
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A hi-railer just ahead of the two locomotives. |
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A close-up of the derailed cars. The river is just behind the cars, and the red ATSF car is almost in the drink! |
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Taken from the parallel BN line showing the derailed cars. |
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After getting the lead locomotive back on the track, it was parked on the passing track in Centralia while the rest of the line was cleared. The loco behind in this photo is the 2nd derailed unit. |
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The same day, the WAM derailed at Rochester. This is it's caboose and a few log cars that came in on the wreck train. |
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More salvaged log cars and the wreck train's caboose. |
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Shot of part of the wreck train heading south towards Chehalis to be switched at the short passing siding in Centralia. |
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One of the cars, loaded onto a flat, ready for movement back to Tacoma. |
