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Wrecker Train Consist
Sat, Dec 9, 1972
Dallas, Texas

Santa Fe derailed at Venus, probably train 315 [kc-dallas].

The wrecker train came over from Ft. Worth on TP tracks.

Engs ATSF 3538, 350,6 3536

194444 sleeper

198735 kitchen-dining car

190465 tool car

190985 flat car loaded with ties

192333 load of wheels for cars

190037 flat with track panels

202729 flat with track panels

191575 idler car

199780 hook 134-ton

4 mty hoppers numbers not gotten

999409 caboose

The Power ran around the consist leaving Dallas west. Since Venus is only about 15 miles from Cleburne, the wreck or derailment must have been such that it required the derrick on the east end of derailed cars and thus had to be sent to Ft. Worth and TP to dallas.

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