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West Coast Limited's locomotive awaits rescue as relief
Courtesy Sam Zachery.
train with two wreckers stands by on temporary "shoe-fly/'
Notice displacement of cab in which Engineer Richard Ball
was trapped. The wrecking took place between Saugus,
California and Henby Station (M.P. 447) on the Mojave Sub-
division of the San Joaquin Division. White stains on the
boiler and cab indicate areas in contact with escaping
high pressure steam. The outside throttle rigging caught
onto embankment pulling throttle wide open. The spinning
drivers - although terrifying to contemplate - rapidly
depleted the boiler pressure - a contributing factor in the
engineer's survival.
