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Offline bobcooter

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Marietta, Georgia train wreck
« on: August 12, 2010, 03:56:54 pm »
Train wreck in Marietta, Georgia in 1974. Look what it was hauling.
http://www.mariettahistory.org/images/historyphotos/TrainWreck1974/index.html
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Re: Marietta, Georgia train wreck
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2010, 04:18:51 pm »
They got some good tie downs...   dang even the damaged ones are still right in place.
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Re: Marietta, Georgia train wreck
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2010, 05:02:14 pm »
No wonder why these trucks never had straight body lines! lol
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Re: Marietta, Georgia train wreck
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2010, 08:52:53 pm »
wow, thanks for sharing.  I wonder how many of those are still on the road after 36 yrs.

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Re: Marietta, Georgia train wreck
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2010, 02:31:06 pm »
I think I saw mine in there, the front was still smashed after all these years. LOL!
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Re: Marietta, Georgia train wreck
« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2010, 03:54:55 pm »

I reckon I've got one of the damaged ones > there was so much bondo in it I'm sure its 1/2t heavier!
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