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| Author: | robertjohndavis [ Wed May 21, 2008 9:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Center cab crushed in highway accident? Museum bound? |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH4HMeoBAQ0 Looks like a highway accident caused the end of a center cab locomotive being trucked. Was this a museum piece? Rob |
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| Author: | scottychaos [ Wed May 21, 2008 10:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Center cab crushed in highway accident? Museum bound? |
Accident happened last night. (Tuesday evening, May 20) Its near Cincinnati, Ohio. (couldnt tell that from the video..) another news story says its a 80-ton loco. thats all the info that can be found from news reports so far.. Scot |
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| Author: | scottychaos [ Wed May 21, 2008 10:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Center cab crushed in highway accident? Museum bound? |
Has number 7948 on the cab.. appears (by me) to be a GE centercab.. google is bringing up nothing with that number.. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080521/NEWS01/805210387 Scot |
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| Author: | Randy Hees [ Wed May 21, 2008 11:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Center cab crushed in highway accident? Museum bound? |
According to the Critter list (on Yahoo) it is (was?) an 80 ton GE from Timkin, being moved from Ohio to Alabama... |
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| Author: | David H. Hamley [ Wed May 21, 2008 11:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Center cab crushed in highway accident? Museum bound? |
The loco was indeed ex-Timken 80 ton GE 7948. It was apparently en route to a new commercial owner, not a museum. Cause appears to have been a failure of the trailer gooseneck to deck attachment. Delivery may be "somewhat delayed." (We at Pennsylvania Trolley Museum feel relief because we just took delivery of a 25 ton GE by truck on Saturday 5/17. By comparison, our loco move, from Carlisle, PA, went beautifully. It's at the museum in one piece, and that's what counts. For the record, ours is GE 31789 5/53, originally Landis Tool Co. n#, Waynesboro, PA. Anyone out there got a photo of it at Landis? Or at Isaacs Bros. Scrap at Defiance, OH? Or at Agway at Pier 122 in Philly?) Dave |
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| Author: | robertmacdowell [ Wed May 21, 2008 4:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Center cab crushed in highway accident? Museum bound? |
Wow! That's a story you don't hear every day. At this point it appears the locomotive is carrying the weight of the freeway. Glad GE builds them well. So what happens to a bridge like that if you kick out a set of support beams? The hauler is in for some expense fixing the bridge. We recently had a truck take out a crucial bit of freeway in the Bay Area. That was let out for bid quickly, with a $5 million bonus for quick completion. The high bidder bid about $900,000, and completed it 29 days early. Since the bonus was $200,000 per day, he didn't even get paid for four of those days. |
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| Author: | Brian Norden [ Thu May 22, 2008 1:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Center cab crushed in highway accident? Museum bound? |
Quote: We recently had a truck take out a crucial bit of freeway in the Bay Area. That was let out for bid quickly, with a $5 million bonus for quick completion. The high bidder bid about $900,000, and completed it 29 days early. Since the bonus was $200,000 per day, he didn't even get paid for four of those days.
I recently saw on our local PBS station KCET a 1/2 hour program about that rebuild. The program was put together by the professional engineers organization that represents engineers at CalTrans. The film has its own website: Amazing: The Rebuilding of the MacArthur Maze and a DVD is available for $14.99. The contractor is one that also handled rebuilds after several of the earthquakes. He figures out how to get a job done quick and get the early completion bonus. And otherwise seems to think "outside the box." C.C. Myers, Inc |
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| Author: | rbarcus [ Thu May 22, 2008 7:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Center cab crushed in highway accident? Museum bound? |
Seems to me that their $50 million estimate for repairs is kind of high. |
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| Author: | JimBoylan [ Thu May 22, 2008 9:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Center cab crushed in highway accident? Museum bound? |
The TV show on the YouTube link seem to show the wrong interchange on their map. If you want to go in person, the real location is is about 3 interchanges West. |
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