#1 Shelby,Ms.MP 100 in the ditch.

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Robert Hammons	General	Ok Fred, this happened before I was born so what went wrong?	3/15/2011 6:05:45 PM

Fred Goff	General	Well Robert, I think the switch at Bemco was open & the train went in the spur. Wish someone would give us more info.	3/17/2011 6:50:33 PM

Chris Balducci	General	I lived in Shelby when this derailment happened, but I first heard about it afterwards. The spur in question went to "Demco", an agricultural supply company owned by the Denton family. God bless.	4/10/2011 3:05:22 PM

Fred Goff	General	Thanks Chris.	4/10/2011 5:15:05 PM

Chris Balducci	General	The guardrail seen at the right was for a bridge on Old Highway 61. You could call it "Very Old Highway 61" since a new four-lane section bypassed Shelby about 2004-5.	9/10/2013 11:42:50 AM

Fred Goff	General	Thanks for the info, Chris. My wife & I were over there last year at the same spot. You could still see the road bed, but the trees & vines have taken over now. It doesn't look like the wreck ever occured or trains even ran through here.	9/12/2013 7:33:52 PM

#1 Shelby,Ms.MP 100 in the ditch.
Clarksdale District.Track was abandoned in 1985.
Date: 1/1/1973	Location: Shelby, MS Map	Views: 1080	Collection Of: Fred Goff
Locomotives: IC 9418(GP18)			Author: Fred Goff

Picture Categories: Wreck		This picture is part of album: Derailments and Mishaps

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