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Derailment of SP Freight Train and Subsequent Rupture of Calnev Pipeline (1989) [pdf] (ntsb.gov)
2 points by Lammy 4 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Bernardino_train_disaster

Derailment photo: https://www.railpictures.net/photo/144253/

“Mayday” dramatization: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NS84qoYV_Y (Mildly annoying how it frames the pipeline restart as “Las Vegas motorists want their gasoline” and not “Nellis want their jet fuel” lol)

Also interesting: 7551 was the prototype of the “Kodachrome” paint scheme from the aborted SP/SF merger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe%E2%80%93Southern_Paci...




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