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Sturtevant, Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Road
Derailment
February 1, 1984
Train number 202 derailed at 9:45 PM on
the night of February 1st 1984 in Sturtevant, Wisconsin. The train
consisted of locomotives 2029, 2066 and 2065. The train had one hundred
cars and caboose, 992214. About 23 cars derailed due to a wheel bearing
burning off from a axle on a gondola loaded with scrap metal that was picked up
in Milwaukee, WI earlier that day. The windows of the Sturtevant depot and
the windshields of parked cars in the depot's parking lot were broken as the
derailed freight cars kicked up ballast and sent it flying everywhere.
Sparks and screeching came from several boxcars as they skidded across Hy 11.
The first railroad emergency crews that showed up was the Pettibone mobile crane
which cleared Hy 11. Hulcher Emergency Services arrived with four caterpillar
side booms and their support units and twelve hours after their arrival, trains
were able to pass thru the area. The following Photo's were taking by Michael
Bingen. Michael saw the derailment happen before his eye's.
Select
images below to enlarge.
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This photo is looking
south from the old True Value Hardware store in Sturtevant, WI. |
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This photo is looking
north from Hy 11 in Sturtevant, WI. In the left side of the picture is a
picture of the Sturtevant Station. |
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This photo was taken north
of Hy 11. The guy's are rolling the truck back under the freight car. |
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This photo is looking
northwest from the Amtrak Parking Lot. Here they are re-railing a boxcar
in front of the depot. They have a Caterpillar on each side of the boxcar
so they can reposition it in the truck that is sitting on the number on
main. |
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This photo is looking
south from the Amtrak Parking Lot near the depot. Here they are putting
the car back on it's truck. |
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This is looking south from
Hy 11 in Sturtevant, Wisconsin. |
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Amtrak's Empire Builder,
train number 8 can be seen as it proceeds eastbound on the number one main
(westbound main) and carefully goes in the westbound siding to pass
through the area. The photo is looking north from Hwy 11. |
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