611 Accidents

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I wish to make sure that my list is complete before I submit anything to the Arrow,  having only the Scioto Division accidents (mostly car/locomotive collisions) and the January 23, 1956 wreck. Of course, this list will exclude the 611's excursion career, as I am aware on only two incidents(a derailment) and a later collision, which neither involved the locomotive.
Lois J. Ponton
611 Historian
ljp611 at ntelos.net
 


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Subject: RE: 611 Accidents
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 06:24:26 +0000
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I will note that I am interested in a article in "The Arrow" about these other accidents suffered by the 611 (that is, if it is a appropiate subject). The wreck on January 23, 1956 will be covered in the book, "Midnight on the Pocahontas" and I would like to do a Arrow article to introduce the book as well. However, I would like to collect additional data on these other accidents involving the 611. I have recieved a few items, covering only the Scioto Division and the large supply of information I have collected over the years regarding the 1956 wreck. If you have any other data  that I might be interested in, please feel free to contact me at the email below.
Lois J. Ponton
Friends of the 611
ljp611 at ntelos.net
 


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Subject: RE: 611 Accidents
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 02:59:37 +0000
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 In the final stage of writing my book "Midnight on the Pocahontas" I will note on a few other accidents involving 611. One picture I have from one of these accidents, which was printed in the book on the J by Kenneth L. Miller. It was labeled as from a collision with a bread truck in June 1953, at Crum, WV. I was able to show the photo to Tom Dressler at the 2002 N&WHS convention in Lynchburg, and Tom felt that the photo was from a incident in Portsmouth, OH. I do have a note on a collision from Portsmouth- of a car backing into the 611 in 1957, but this does not seem to answer for the damage in the photo. The photo seems to suggest something larger hitting the engine, something in the order of a dump truck or something similar.
I welcome any discussion on this matter, and would especially like to hear from Kenneth Miller. Unfortunately, Tom Dressler has since left us and cannot provide any more data on this situation.
Email notes are especially welcome.
Lois J. Ponton
Friends of the 611
ljp611 at ntelos.net
 




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