KBS 309 C420  Contributor's Pick!       
A wrecked and retired KB&S Alco C-420 rest in the dead line.
Date: 3/10/2002 Location: Iroquois, IL   Map Show Iroquois on a rail map Views: 1097 Collection Of:   Kevin Nelson
Locomotives: KBSR 309(RS11)    Author:  Kevin Nelson
KBS 309 C420
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Name Type Comments Date
T. Man General This is an Alco RS11 built in 1959 for the Green Bay Western, it was sold to the KBS in 1993 and fell off a trestle into a stream in 1999 I believe. A tree went right through the radiator when she went down. :-( 1/19/2007 9:50:24 PM
Dal Best General I have talked to the engineer running this engine during this wreck. He says he derailed due to ice buildup in the flangway at a highway xing. He was fired for excessive speed. I see him weekly and he is still bitter. 12/18/2012 5:28:15 PM

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