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January 22, 2017 at 3:12 am #8197
Ted Ferkenhoff
Keymaster

    Here is a photo of locomotive 946 being raised from the Intracoastal Canal at Morley, Louisiana.
    From the MPHS archives.

    Written information on the back of the photo as follows:

    Train NF-16 (New Orleans-Ft Worth of 9/16/1973)
    48 loads, 61 empties
    35 mph
    Incident occurred at 11:55 pm (9/16/1973)
    2 units, 11 loads, 4 mtys into the canal
    $620,000 damage