RailPictures.Net Photo: SP 8278 Southern Pacific Railroad EMD SD40T-2 at San Bernardino, California by Gary R. Schermerhorn

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» Southern Pacific Railroad (more..)
» EMD SD40T-2 (more..)

» Palmdale-Colton Cutoff Line
» San Bernardino, California, USA (more..)
» May 12, 1989

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» SP 8278 (more..)
» 01-MJLBP-11 (more..)

» Gary R. Schermerhorn (more..)
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An insider photograph of the shocking aftermath of the tragic runaway of a overloaded SP potash train "01-MJLBP-11" after it lost it's brakes off Cajon Pass and careened off a curve at over 100mph into a San Bernardino suburb killing two SP crew members and two others.

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