http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2006/08/22/wreck-of-the-qtl/ an exploration journal into the shadows of the copper country Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:50:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2006/08/22/wreck-of-the-qtl/#comment-6754 Chuck Pomazal Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:43:32 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=22#comment-6754 The "wreck" that you found was just the cast-off remnants of a salvage operation. In 1975, the Pine Creek Railroad of New Jersey came and hauled away the Locomotive #6, the Russell Snow Plow and took the trucks from under the tender of #3 (the tank of which was left upside down) and the trucks from two of the side-dump ballast cars, whose frames lie in the same vicinity. The accident, in which the engineer and fireman were killed, in 1937 occured 3 miles east of the mine, above Dollar Bay. The “wreck” that you found was just the cast-off remnants of a salvage operation. In 1975, the Pine Creek Railroad of New Jersey came and hauled away the Locomotive #6, the Russell Snow Plow and took the trucks from under the tender of #3 (the tank of which was left upside down) and the trucks from two of the side-dump ballast cars, whose frames lie in the same vicinity. The accident, in which the engineer and fireman were killed, in 1937 occured 3 miles east of the mine, above Dollar Bay.

]]> http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2006/08/22/wreck-of-the-qtl/#comment-152 explorer Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:13:34 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=22#comment-152 Thanks Joe for the great link. Although I'm not sure these are the same two derailments. The article stated that artifacts were found in a "remote ravine". The area where we found our upturned cars was neither remote or a ravine. Its only a few hundred feet up the line from the roundhouse actually. But now that I know there was another derailment, I'll have to get back out there and take a look. Thanks Joe for the great link. Although I’m not sure these are the same two derailments. The article stated that artifacts were found in a “remote ravine”. The area where we found our upturned cars was neither remote or a ravine. Its only a few hundred feet up the line from the roundhouse actually. But now that I know there was another derailment, I’ll have to get back out there and take a look.

]]> http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2006/08/22/wreck-of-the-qtl/#comment-147 Joe Dase Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:24:10 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/?p=22#comment-147 There was a dreailment, I know there is a good account of what happend, I have read it before. There is a brief mention of it here http://www.quincymine.com/newsletter.html There was a dreailment, I know there is a good account of what happend, I have read it before. There is a brief mention of it here http://www.quincymine.com/newsletter.html

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