The NW Class J 611

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Ken,
According to my stepdad, James R. "Tim" Taylor-retired engineer on the 
Pocahontas Div., the engineer did loose track of where he was due to 
intermittent fog in the area and thought that he was beyond the curve at 
Cedar. This was relayed by Mr. Hoback, the fireman on that particular run. 
The fact that they were running late probably didn't help matters either.

Allen Evans


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>Subject: Re: The NW Class J 611 Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 11:51:26 -0400

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>Jerry

>

>You can read a detailed report in Chapter 9 of my book, Norfolk and Western 

>Class J, pages 97-101. However, basically, human error is probably to 

>blame, it was suspected that the engineer may have had a heart attack as no 

>effort was made to slow the train for the speed restricted curve at Cedar, 

>West Virginia. That seems to have been ruled out, but medical science may 

>have found different results today. My feeling is that the engineer, a 30 

>year veteran, was used to running fast, lost track of exactly where he was, 

>got distracted and missed the speed board, and was too far into the curve 

>for a brake application.

>

>Ken Miller

>

>On Aug 7, 2005, at 11:57 PM, nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:

>

>>Hi gang,

>>

>>Probably an old question to some of the veteran members here, but, does 

>>anyone have any official information regarding NW 611's derailment back in 

>>the 1950's? I understood it to be human error, can anyone confirm this?

>>

>>Jerry Butler

>>

>>

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