Runaway at Jugneck?

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Harry, 
  How far did those diesels make it before they got them stopped?  And, how did they stop them?
   
  Ben Blevins
  

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  To: NWHS mailing list 
  Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 7:47 PM
  Subject: Where is Jugneck?
  

  Where is Jugneck?  I heard it is near Bluefield, but where exactly?
   Ben:
 Betcha the signal to be replaced is for the Blake
 cross-over, about a mile east of Jug Neck.   There
 is a reverse curve (11 degrees each) at Jug Neck
 speed-boarded for 25 MPH.  No. 1 Eng 101 derailed
 there in 1918 -- thought to be the result of the
 extra engineer exceeding the posted speed.  There
 was a proverb on the Radford Division that if there
 was a "roll out" at East Yard in Bluefield, wreck crews
 could  go to Jug Neck and pick up the remains.  Dispite
 all the safety precautions (derails, twenty five hand
 brakes tied on every cut of cars, etc) there was a
 "runaway" there in the late 60's.  Everyone rushed
 to Jug Neck to pick up the pieces, only to find the
 loaded coal cars had derailed, but the engines stayed
 on the track, pumped off the air brake, and were
 headed to Roanoke w/o an engineer.
                                                           Harry Bundy    

    
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