12-16-2009, 08:04 PM
Bridge operator "3314 went in the drink!"
Dispatcher "are you kidding?''
Bridge operator " No,The train is in the water"
Dispatcher " Hold all trains east and west "
That was the the chilling conversation between Patric Corcoran the Bridge Operator at DY draw and Claud Burley Assistant Chief Train Dispatcher on September 15 1958 10:01 am.
Coach #932 hangs moments before it falls into Newark Bay.
I'll soon pass on all the important details of this tragic event, I'm just double checking my facts.
Dispatcher "are you kidding?''
Bridge operator " No,The train is in the water"
Dispatcher " Hold all trains east and west "
That was the the chilling conversation between Patric Corcoran the Bridge Operator at DY draw and Claud Burley Assistant Chief Train Dispatcher on September 15 1958 10:01 am.
Coach #932 hangs moments before it falls into Newark Bay.
I'll soon pass on all the important details of this tragic event, I'm just double checking my facts.
My other car is a locomotive, ARHS restoration crew