ICG Wreck 4

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Virgil Fitzpatrick	General	That's a very interesting way to mistreat a Geep!!	1/16/2010 10:09:13 AM

Dave Johnson	General	Did the crew jump?	1/16/2010 7:50:50 PM

Bernie Feltman	General	Mike, were you on the work train?	1/17/2010 1:36:46 AM

Michael Palmieri	General	I don't know what the crew did to survive this, and I wasn't on a work train. A few of us just drove out here on Saturday afternoon and took pictures.	1/18/2010 3:58:37 PM

Lucas Connor	General	I'm surprised they rebuilt this unit, given how mangled it is.	3/10/2021 8:27:28 PM

ICG Wreck 4
On 1 April 1975 the Illinois Central Gulf local heading south on the former Gulf Mobile & Ohio main line between Bogalusa and Slidell, Louisiana was diverted into the spur at Florenville and collided with some stored cars. Lead unit 8158 had been rebuilt from GP9 9158 in May 1968. After the wreck it returned to the railroad's shop at Paducah, Kentucky for some major work and re-entered service in April 1977 as ICG 8126. As bad as the damage was, there were no fatalities. Engineer Luther Walley survived on the walkway behind the cab, while another trainman was in the trailing unit.
Date: 4/5/1975	Location: Florenville, LA Map	Views: 3254	Collection Of: Michael Palmieri
Locomotives: IC 8158(GP10) ICG 8290(GP10)			Author: Michael Palmieri

Picture Categories: Wreck		This picture is part of album: Florenville Wreck

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