NEW YORK HARBOR - 2010 - PAGE 165 |
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I-78 Ext Bridge and Lehigh Valley Lift Bridge at the top of Newark Bay |
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Captain D in Newark Bay with a dump scow |
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John Reinauer in Newark Bay |
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Port Elizabeth at sunset
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Franklin Reinauer running light in Newark Bay |
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Miss Gill at the Bayonne Bridge with a dump scow |
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Ellen McAllister |
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The remains of Old Bay Draw on the Bayonne side of Newark Bay |
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The Newark Bay rail accident occurred on September 15, 1958 in Newark Bay, New Jersey. A Central Railroad of New Jersey (CRRNJ) morning commuter train, #3314, ran through a restrictive and a stop signal, derailed, and slid off the open Newark Bay lift bridge. Both diesel locomotives and the first two coaches plunged into Newark Bay and sank immediately, killing 48 people. A third coach, snagged by its rear truck, hung precariously off the lift bridge for two hours before it also toppled into the water. As the locomotive crew was killed, no absolute determination of the cause of the accident was reached, but a medical emergency in the cab was theorized. |
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Forty-eight people died in the wreck, including former New York Yankees second baseman George "Snuffy" Stirnweiss and James Carmalt Adams, the brother-in-law of author Kurt Vonnegut. The railroad had a number of legal actions brought against it, which were all settled out of court. The two locomotives, #1532 and #1526, were raised, rebuilt by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors, and returned to service. #1532 retained its original number, while the #1526 was renumbered #1531. They lived out their careers primarily as freight locomotives, although the #1532 was photographed in passenger service after its return from EMD. The Newark Bay lift bridge was last used in 1978 and was determined to be a hazard to navigation; it was demolished in the 1980s. |
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| Odin in the Kills | ||
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| Layla Renee tending a dredge in Newark Bay | ||
