Caledonian Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Having recently acquired a Proto2000 GP9 - 6023 in Chesapeake & Ohio livery - I did a quick (and unsuccessful) google for a photo of the original, and found a note that it was wrecked at Walkerford VA in March 1969. Two other GP9s were written off at the same time, but otherwise I can??™t find any information on what happened. Anybody know anything? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Wintle Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 You might try contacting the C&O Historical Society. http://www.cohs.org/ Adrian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave1905 Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Anybody know anything? Didn't see it in the NTSB accident reports. Dave H. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Piszczek Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Having recently acquired a Proto2000 GP9 - 6023 in Chesapeake & Ohio livery - I did a quick (and unsuccessful) google for a photo of the original, and found a note that it was wrecked at Walkerford VA in March 1969. Two other GP9s were written off at the same time, but otherwise I can??™t find any information on what happened. Over here, dates are month, day year, so this may be the wreck which occurred on 3 Nov 1969. Only the lead Geeps' numbers are noted in the report, the two trailing Geeps on Extra 6056 West aren't mentioned by number, 6023 was probably one of the two units behind 6056. Here is the link to the DOT accident report in pdf format, for some reason the forum software won't actually link to it, so you'll have to cut and paste the URL into a browser window: http://ntl1.specialcollection.net/scripts/ws.dll?file&fn=6&name=*S%3A%5CDOT_56GB%5CRailroad%5CWEBSEARCH%5CRAR-4157.pdf If you use the link below, and Microsoft Explorer, click on 1969 and you will find an HTML version of the report that has much nicer photos. http://ntl1.specialcollection.net/scripts/ws.dll?websearch&site=dot_railroads I suggested using Microsoft Explorer, because this is a government website, and it didn't work correctly with google chrome. It does work with the MS browser though... :icon_thumbsup2: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian Posted December 20, 2009 Author Share Posted December 20, 2009 Thanks Pete, I should have remembered about the arrangement of the date - I've been across your side of the water often enough. Interesting collision; driver falls asleep and passes a signal at danger while the brakeman is sitting with his trousers round his ankles in the short hood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Piszczek Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 the brakeman is sitting with his trousers round his ankles in the short hood. Not the place I'd want to be during a collision... There's actually a lot of very good prototype information in these accident reports. :icon_thumbsup2: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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