I'm hoping that you folks can help me out. I think I remember seeing a photo in this part of the site of an F unit that had broken through a brick wall and was overhanging the street about a story or so height below with people looking up at it. Anyone remember it and have some idea what to search for to find it again? I'm considering having something like this in the layout I'm trying to design. Thank you John Zerbe
I'm surprised the front truck didn't drop onto the ground. Don't freight cars sit on top of their trucks with no permanent attachment, just a bolster pin?
Thanks to Keith for finding this article on it as well. https://www.latimes.com/visuals/pho...omotive-goes-through-wall-20180515-story.html
If like the GP38 I photographed many years ago, the truck is held in place by a retainer clip. In this case, traction motor replacement. Kind of like the older Kato GP50. Or even the ConCor Turbine/U50. Have photo of the broken one, somewhere.
Years ago, while at LA Union Station, I checked out the actual location. This is how it looks now from up top, all repaired. The damaged section of wall was just to the right of the lamp in the center of the photo. The end of track bumpers are all just off to the right from where the photo was taken.
Using Russell's photo and description I think this is about the same angle from Google street view as the old photo. This road is now a bus way for express buses.
