More Quincy Head-On Collision Photos

I'm unsure of the photographer. These slides are in my collection and are not otherwise marked.

GN Clears Line Near Trinidad

From the "Spokesman Review."

November 9, 1963

Discharged Conductor Plans Appeal

From the "Spokesman Review."

December 4, 1963

Dead Rail Men Blamed In Quincy Train Smash

From the Spokane "Chronicle."

December 3, 1963

Fatal Quincy Rail Smashup Laid To Wreck's 2 Victims

From the "Spokesman Review."

December 3, 1963

Officials Ponder GN Wreck Data

From the "Spokesman Review."

November 16, 1963

Wreck Probed

From the Centralia "Daily Chronicle."

November 13, 1963

Injured GN Engineer Still In Coma

From the Spokesman Review.

November 9, 1963

Train Wreck Probe Slated Wednesday

From the Spokane "Chronicle."

November 9, 1963

Hurt Engineer Still Critical

From the Spokane "Chronicle."

November 8, 1963.

GN Tracks Clear After Fatal Crash

From the "Spokesman Review."

November 8, 1963

Rail Service May Start Late Today

From the Spokane "chronicle."

November 7, 1963

Collision's Tangled Aftermath

From the Spokane "Chronicle."

November 7, 1963

2 Die, 4 Hurt In GN Crash

From the "Spokesman Review."

November 7, 1963

Train Collide Killing Crewmen

From the Lonview "Daily News."

November 6, 1963 (listed incorrectly)

GN Tracks Clear After Fatal Crash

From the "Spokesman Review."

November 8, 1963

More 1963 Quincy Wreck Photos-2

These popped up on Ebay via a longtime area railroader.

See the newspaper accounts I posted in 2008 about this.

See the wrecked locomotives after moving to Hillyard here.

More 1963 Quincy Wreck Photos-1

These popped up on Ebay via a longtime area railroader.

See the newspaper accounts I posted in 2008 about this.

See the wrecked locomotives after moving to Hillyard here.

First photo is the frame of the RS3 after it was flopped off the tracks. Other two views are of the same RS3 before being extracted from the F unit.

Train Wreck Damage Suit Nets $15,000

From the "Spokesman Review."

March 26, 1966

Newspaper clipping of the initial wreck report can be seen here.

Some of the wreck photos can be seen here.

1963 Quincy Collision Photos 3

From the GN-NP Archive, Stevenson Collection.

Mr. Stevenson likely heard of this derailment and traveled to Quincy the next day to see for himself what was going on. I posted the initial newspaper accounts of the accident here. I was given photos of the wrecked locomotives after they had been moved to Hillyard here.