Abingdon Branch

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I believe the engine was Class M 495, which, as I recall, was retired in 
June 1953 following severe damage to its crown sheet.  It was not a 
full-fledged boiler explosion.

As for the explosion of Y-6 2153, some details can be found in the most 
recent issue of The Arrow (Vol. 29, No. 2) on pages 20 and 21.  It occurred 
on December 12, 1955, about 2 miles west of Wytheville.

Louis Newton

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> Bob,

> Could this be the boiler explosion that happened near Wytheville in 1955?? 

> I have a copy of that report and will be putting elements of it on the 

> Rural Retreat Depot Facebook page soon.

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> Frank Akers

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> I tried to find a reference to this in SS&S, but didn't come up with 

> anything during a couple-of-minutes scan.? Do you have the page number 

> handy?

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> Dave Stephenson

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>>From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>

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>>Date: Sunday, June 16, 2013, 12:09 PM

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>>Was just meandering thru the text of the Link book, Steam, Steel & Stars 

>>and noted they refer to a crown sheet failure in 1953 on the line in 

>>Damascus I think it was. I don't recall seeing much about this before. Are 

>>there any details of it, injuries to crew and passengers, etc.?

>>

>>Thanks.

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>>Bob Cohen

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> Bob,

> Could this be the boiler explosion that happened near Wytheville in 1955? 

> I have a copy of that report and will be putting elements of it on the 

> Rural Retreat Depot Facebook page soon.

>

> Frank:

> The report on the 2153's explosion is missing from DOT's on line special 

> collection.  There were

> several interesting factors not shown in the report.

> 1-  The engine blew DOWN, not up.

>

> 2-  It helps if you've been there, but the incident happened almost in the 

> front yard of a nearby

>     house.  The explosion never woke the family.

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> 3-  Portions of the TC panel in Roanoke went dark just as the dispatcher 

> was contemplating a

>     meet with No. 17.  R. R. McDaniel, formerly of the VGN, became head of 

> N&W's Mechanical

>     Department, but it was his dad, a signal maintainer, that the 

> dispatcher called at Wytheville

>     to investigate.  He put his motor car on at Wytheville and began 

> checking the pole line.  That's

>     when McDaniel and motor car dropped in the hole created by the 

> blow-down.

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> NOTE:  Until about 1950,  crown sheet failures and explosions were 

> investigated by the

>            Locomotive Inspection Bureau, a division of the ICC that issued 

> non-numbered reports.

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>            Not all accidents were investigated by the ICC.  In October, 

> 1918, a double-header

>            passed a "clear" approaching Bridge 5 in Norfolk.  The bridge 

> tender then raised the

>            draw and the train went into Eastern Branch.  Four fatalities.

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> Harry Bundy

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> Frank,

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> That boiler explosion occured at Crockett (near Wytheville) on December 

> 12, 1955 and involved Y6 2153.

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> Bud Jeffries

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>  Bob,

>  Could this be the boiler explosion that happened near Wytheville in 1955? 

> I have a copy of that report and will be putting elements of it on the 

> Rural Retreat Depot Facebook page soon.

>

>  Frank Akers

>  www.theruralretreatdepot.com

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>        I tried to find a reference to this in SS&S, but didn't come up 

> with anything during a couple-of-minutes scan.  Do you have the page 

> number handy?

>

>        Dave Stephenson

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>          From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>

>          Subject: Abingdon Branch

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>          Date: Sunday, June 16, 2013, 12:09 PM

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>          Was just meandering thru the text of the Link book, Steam, Steel 

> & Stars and noted they refer to a crown sheet failure in 1953 on the line 

> in Damascus I think it was. I don't recall seeing much about this before. 

> Are there any details of it, injuries to crew and passengers, etc.?

>

>

>          Thanks.

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>          Bob Cohen

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