Frazier Mud Slide 2008, “we lost a car!”
Posted by french on Apr 11, 2009
The Frazier Mud Slide of 2008 was a very memorable event. NO injuries, but minor problems from time to time … like, “we lost one of the dump cars over the side at Abernethy.” Well, that’s not quite what was said. Yes, I was listening on the radio. Our crew was on the other side of the mud slide, moving mud & debris to Wicopee (more of that later). On the radio the crew on the other side calls the dispatcher and says, “… our train is back together and we are ready for another load of mud.” The dispatcher says, “…what do you mean your train is back together? Did you set a car out?” The train crew says (chuckling), “…sort of, one of the dump cars went down the side of the mountain during dumping.”
Read more in the PDF entitled, dumping_mud_at_Abernethy.pdf
Frazier Mud Slide 2008, how vertical
Posted by french on Mar 22, 2009
The Frazier Mud Slide in early 2008 was one of the biggest & most costly projects UP has ever undertaken. Impressive effort. Download the PDF (on the slide face.pdf) for brief look at one day in the life of a Frazier Mud Slide work train.
Working the Frazier Mud Slide
Posted by Lou on Mar 15, 2009
Remember last years mud Slide in Oregon ? My friend French Morgan, Conductor out of San Luis Obispo, was ‘forced’ to work there for a few month. He did a great job helping the Trains going and now he is proudly looking back at another great experience. People like him helped UP getting through this Natural Disaster.
This is a great little story with pictures of his day work. French is not only a great photographer, he is doing the SLO Chalk board and also the Sparks Chalk board which you will find in the download Section, also.
