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Alan:
That interchange with CSX in South Richmond was significant to some in
the NS Mechanical and Operating departments.  CSX delivered a load of
trash for Amelia there.  A yard crew brought it back to Belle Isle yard and
dropped it into an empty track.  A brakeman mounted the car and rode it
to the north end to tie the brake up, but the hand brake didn't work.  The
brakeman bailed off, the car ran through several switches, crossed the
James River and collided with the closed gateway on the flood wall on
the Richmond side.  A City of Richmond employee was performing an
inspection on the gateway at the time of the collision.

Investigation revealed that CSX had shopped the car at South Rocky
Mount; that the car was lifted off the trucks; and that no one reconnected
the brake rod.                                  Harry Bundy   

 



First time seeing this caboose on a transfer run from the NS yard at the south end of the 9th Street Bridge in Richmond, to the interchange yard with CSX, located about a mile south of the James River, just off I-95.




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