FYI...Canadian Pacific 694.
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Very interesting. Will be curious to follow along and see if more pictures get posted. I imagine despite the damage that it's pretty well preserved in the cold water being that deep.
It is amazing that the water is that deep that close to shore, it is telling just how deep Superior is. I know they pull lumber out of Superior that has been lying on the bottom, that was lost in transit a hundred years ago or more, and because the water was so deep the wood is preseved but also has unique characteristics (people make furniture and instruments out of it, for example).
It's interesting that the article indicates the locomotive is the only one they are aware of that was lost on the Great Lakes. I don't have the article but I do recall reading in the R&LHS journal that several locomotives from the 1840's and 1850's were lost on Lake Erie in a storm sometime in the 19th century. They were being ferried across and the crew of the ferry cut them loose to keep from sinking.
The bodies of two of the crew were not recovered. Very sad.
This link has some additional info:
http://www.duluthnewstribune.c...ocated-lake-superior
... and a photo of sister locomotive #693 in 1938 from http://www.trainweb.org/oldtim...os/cpr_steam/D10.htm
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Make no mistake that is a neat find but the real gold is the Nash Automobiles!
"Crossman, a retired county rescue squad captain, became intrigued last summer. He has a dive boat and ROV, which he used earlier this year in Lake Michigan to help a team of Wisconsin divers survey the wreck of a freighter that sank filled with vintage Nash Motors automobiles after a collision in 1929."
As technology advances, there is no end to the treasure the Great Lakes hold.
My Uncle use to raise sunken ships in Lake Michigan for profit. Mostly old schooners.
Supposedly, we have a "sunken" locomotive out here in California in Ventura County. SP had a line running through La Conchita, an area prone to slides (one happened back in 2005 that buried several homes). The slide of 1909 supposedly wiped out the tracks and buried a train underneath tons of mud. The latest slide closed the UP/Amtrak line for several days as the mud literally ran through to the ocean across Pacific Coast Highway.
I-79 North near Meadville, Pa. crosses a swamp that is supposed to be bottomless. Part of the highway is built on piles that float. The story I have heard is there an engine and train that sunk in that swamp. I think the story was the causeway sunk.
bigkid posted:It is amazing that the water is that deep that close to shore, it is telling just how deep Superior is. .
Superior is sometimes very deep even relatively close to some shores. Just off Split Rock Lighthouse north of Duluth, the lake is 800 feet deep.
Under water video of the wreck and the story. On You Tube. Play time: 7 minutes.
Gary
PDDMI posted:FYI...Canadian Pacific 694.
Reminds me of a Clive Cussler novel.
Craignor posted:PDDMI posted:FYI...Canadian Pacific 694.
Reminds me of a Clive Cussler novel.
Yeah, that's exactly what I was reminded of. Cussler's novel "The Chase" included a long train chase from Oakland to Montana via Ogden in 1906 right after the San Francisco earthquake. Hero Isaac Bell commandeered a coal-burning SP 4-4-2 named "Adeline" to chase the bad guys train fleeing to Canada with embezzled loot from a SF bank . The only rail route to Canada involved an ill-fated train ferry across stormy Flathead Lake in Montana. The story is somewhat entertaining albeit outlandishly unrealistic and sensationalized in various ways, in typical Cussler style.
The story began with the loco (and bank loot) being fished out of the lake years later, then flashing back to the events behind it.
Submerged loco on the cover is a 4-6-0 and similar time-frame as CPR 694.
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Here's an article with more detail on the derailment and the fates of the three crew who perished.
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