Not Having a good day         
The 4003 - NYS&W 4006 not having a good day on this Tri-State, NHRS fan trip at Vernon, New Jersey! Still new, on a July 1988 fan trip, a dump truck decided it could beat the train. This unit got the nickname "Bash 8"
Date: 10/19/2005 Location: Vernon, NJ   Map Show Vernon on a rail map Views: 1630 Collection Of:   Ron Chouinard
Locomotives: PW 4003(B40-8) NYSW 4006(B40-8)    Author:  unknown
Not Having a good day
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Jon Berkemeyer General This happened in Vernon, NJ. A dump truck decided it could beat the train. This unit got the nick name "Bash 8" 10/20/2005 2:47:12 PM
Zach Pumphery General I remember that! It was in TRAINS magazine, showed a photo earlier in the trip, and then that. I thought of that incident as soon as your PW 4003 photos started popping up, I'll be danged! 10/23/2005 4:06:00 AM
Virgil Fitzpatrick General When did this collision happen? I have pictures of it a year earlier on the NYS&W 150th Anniversary Steam Special 12/24/2005 5:38:58 PM
Brian H General The photo date is incorrect, but if you read the description, and read it carefully it states that this accidnet happened in JULY 1988. 9/5/2006 7:17:17 PM
Stephen Tripptree General i bet all those people on the train needed a change of pants after hitting that truck. 10/10/2006 4:32:50 AM
Don Horn General I have a video when 4006 was wreck in Elnora ny in the late 80's on easter sunday D&H 227 was total 1/28/2013 3:20:51 PM
David Nutter General Wow! 1/21/2022 8:52:45 PM

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