Engine 1528 accident photo

I am including a photo of a wreck of the Atlantic Coast Line. The number on the engine is barely visible but it appears to be #1528. Where was this accident and when?

 

According to ACL's roster you can confine your search prior to 12/21/51 when engine #1528 was removed from their roster and sent to scrap.

1528 was ACL's class P-5A, their standard Pacific for passenger service (1500-1569) built by Brooks as their shop #61259. All of these engines went to scrap between 1949-1952 except for #1504 which last I heard was preserved at Jacksonville, FL.

 

Great photo... I can offer no help on that :sad:

Harold

 

The white stripe and script herald lettering scheme for ACL steam locomotives was implemented in 1940. The twin white stripe lettering scheme shown on the head-end car was adopted by the ACL in 1946. As noted in another reply the locomotive was scrapped in 1951 - so the derailment shown in the photograph had to occur between 1946 and 1951. A quick online review of the ICC wreck files for the years 1946 to 1951 did not reveal any references to ACL P-5a No. 1528. I seem to recall reading that accidents were not recorded unless there were serious injuries/deaths so if this is a "simple" derailment the incident may not exist in the ICC Accident Reports.

Buddy Hill

 

Buddy - Thanks for that information. I was not aware that there was no ICC report if there were no fatalities. That would explain why I've never been able o find any info on the passenger train wreck at Ulmers, S.C. in 1964, nor the wreck at Hollywood/Meggett, S.C. in the early 60's - both on the SAL.

 

I'm in the same situation regarding a 1957 derailment on the ACL at Johns Island, SC. I was told the derailment resulted from a hotbox/failed journal. The wreck reportedly forced the Champion to turn around on the wye at Ravenel, SC and return to Yemassee where it was then routed over the C&WC to Coosaw SC. The Champion ran over the SAL EC line from Coosaw to Charleston where it returned to home rails.

Interesting - I do not recall hearing about the SAL-Hollywood/Meggett SC wreck. Do you have any other details? Approximate month or year?

 

Buddy - To the best of my knowledge it was in the early 1960's. In those days color photos in the newspaper were rare but I definitely recall an aerial photo of several of SAL's "Green Hornet" cars on their side, in color on the front page of the paper.

A friend who visited the wreck said that several of the boxcars were loaded with Ballentine Ale. I never took the opportunity myself to visit said wreck site.