LMX 8505
Took this picture in Oct. 2000, right of the highway in Kingman, AZ. 8505 was still there last time I was. (9-9-2001)
Info I found on the Internet:
Getz AZ: On September 16, 2000, BNSF suffered a service interruption
at Getz, AZ. At 21:45 on the 16th, for some unknown reason, train Z-SBDWSP4-16
slammed into a light engine consist of train M-KGMWIN3-16. The Z train
was traveling east on main 2 when it hit the light engine consist of 5
engines. When the movement stopped, the rear unit of the light engines,
LMX 8505 was on the nose of the lead unit on the Z train, BNSF 1079. The
LMX unit was sitting on the nose of the BNSF unit just in front of the
windshield and leaning at a precarious angle. The derailment did not block
Main 1, but it was taken out of service until the LMX unit could be taken
off of the Dash 9-44CW. Three of the four crew members involved were taken
to the emergency room in Kingman, AZ for non life threatening injuries.
BNSF 3190 (Ex ATSF GP50) was also damaged in the incident. Both main
tracks were opened by 10:35 the morning of the 17th. The cause remains
under investigation.
