Semi rolls over on Donner Pass. Please read description !!!
A tractor trailer can't handle a 55 mph curve and is speeding way to fast down Donner Pass, but its to late. The driver looses control, and the dash cam in an England truck catches the action. The England driver does pull off the road safely after he passes the wreck to assist. The rookie driver, and the driver trainer was killed instantly in this wreck. This is not my video, but as being a driver myself for 43 years, and a trainer, I have seen many usless accidents myself over the years by drivers in a hurry, tired, or just in-experienced. If the viewing of this video saves one life, then it has done its job. Please be safe out there driver, and God bless the family of the lost loved ones...
Lunging locomotives finally grip the rails as CSX 419 stalls. PART I... Read story...
CSX 419 & 411 with loaded coal train V605 stalls coming off the Salsbury Branch just outside Meyersdale, PA. The engineer informs the dispatcher that they have no sand. Watch closely as these two brutt AC4400 actually lunge, and bounce up and down trying to get traction coming up the steep grade of the branch to the mainline. With the locomotives in #8 notch, the hood doors viberate, and you can here the wheels grinding in the sand. It may be a slow video, but you will see what it takes to get this train rolling. The crew in the helper engines never left the comfort of their warm cab in the 19 degree weather. The crew, and some railfans hand sand the rails, and V605 backs up to get a second run for it, and finally makes it out. The whole ordeal to well over an hour. There is now a second clip (PART II) of the progress of the train heading west before it heads east to Cumberland, MD. Hope you enjoy it, and thanks for watching. jackmp294 01-04-2003
Link to PART II...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Miwu8hWVOVs
here is the link to smooth running of V605 down the other side of Sand Patch after meeting the west bound K111 slab train..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxR6Gr2-wPs
With dynamic brakes whinning, RJ Corman drops downgrade...
With dynamic brakes on, and a sick sounding horn, RJ Corman's (ex-SP) Tunnel motors drop down grade to the connection with the CXS (ex-C&O) at Thurmond W.Va... It will pick up two CSX units at the end of the bridge to work the coal train back up the hill, and back down with the loads. Jackmp294...
CNW starts its battle for Donner Pass.
East bound CNW 8682 pass a train in the siding at Colfax, and cranks it up as the other crew makes an inspection. The next scene is at Towle, on its way up to Donner Pass. Thanks for watching, jackmp294.5™
5 Conrail unit's fight the grade around Horseshoe curve, 10-10-1989
Conrail 6278 leads another SD40 and three GP40's around the world famous Horseshoe Curve. For the person thats never been there, it must be put on your bucket list. It is really fantastic to witness. 10,10/1989. Thanks for watching. Jackmp294...
Donner Pass Rollover: plus after the fact pictures.
This was not supposed to be released to the general public because I did not want the "faces of death" crowd to get it. Two men died in this accident, they left behind friends and families. I have read the posts others have left on the unathorized posting of my video and decided to post on this myself (I just found the vid on the web today).
FATAL SEMI WRECK
The semi in front was stopped at a fairly new light. The semi in the back plowed into the other one doing 60 to 70 mph without hitting the brakes. He was killed. I was the only one that took videos.
