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By:James Oberg
Dates:6/5/1997 - 6/6/1997
Album Info:This is a lesson in why you don't "bottle the air" on rail cars. No serious injuries occurred, though the conductor was fired.
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BN 7272
Title:  BN 7272
Description:  And it used to be such a nice locomotive. Photo taken as we passed the wreck scene.
Photo Date:  6/5/1997  Upload Date: 1/12/2017 6:43:22 PM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  James Oberg
Categories:  Wreck
Locomotives:  BN 7272(SD40-2)
Views:  401   Comments: 0
BN 8010
Title:  BN 8010
Description:  The damage to BN 8010 was minor
Photo Date:  6/5/1997  Upload Date: 1/12/2017 6:37:05 PM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  James Oberg
Categories:  Wreck
Locomotives:  BN 8010(SD40-2)
Views:  328   Comments: 0
BN 7272
Title:  BN 7272
Description:  Trailing unit that recieved the brunt of the impact
Photo Date:  6/5/1997  Upload Date: 1/12/2017 6:39:47 PM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  James Oberg
Categories:  Wreck
Locomotives:  BN 7272(SD40-2)
Views:  272   Comments: 0
BN 7272
Title:  BN 7272
Description:  What's left of the cab of BN 7272. Grain cars rolled into engine and rode up over this engine.
Photo Date:  6/5/1997  Upload Date: 1/12/2017 6:41:40 PM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  James Oberg
Categories:  Wreck
Locomotives:  BN 7272(SD40-2)
Views:  739   Comments: 0
The damaged engines in Yakima, WA
Title:  The damaged engines in Yakima, WA
Description:  the engines which sustained damage in the wreck.
Photo Date:  6/5/1997  Upload Date: 1/12/2017 6:34:10 PM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  James Oberg
Categories:  Wreck
Locomotives:  BN 8010(SD40-2) BN 7272(SD40-2)
Views:  493   Comments: 0
A few of the leftovers.
Title:  A few of the leftovers.
Description:  Some of the empty grain cars which remain on the ground following the accident.
Photo Date:  6/5/1997  Upload Date: 1/12/2017 6:31:30 PM
Location:  Yakima, WA
Author:  James Oberg
Categories:  Wreck
Locomotives: 
Views:  188   Comments: 0


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