East Bluefield runaway (was: "Bottling the Air")

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Gordon Hamilton wrote:

> Although a run-away train east out of Bluefield might reach the Jug Neck

> and derail as described by Harry Bundy, a run-away cut of cars in Bluefield

> East Yard would more likely be derailed by the device of the same name at

> the east end of the departure tracks as shown in the attached photo.  I

> don't know the date of this mishap, but a copyright on the back of the

> photo is 2000.


That area of Bluefield Yard was down to only six tracks before June 1999,
so the incident in the photo must have occurred before then. Probably well
before, based on the paint schemes visible on the hoppers.

Thanks for the photo.

Joe Shaw
Christiansburg, VA
http://www.krunk.org/