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David Davies Railway Collection Seton Portage, BC
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PGE wreck at Seton Portage
PGE wreck at Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.047.02 · Item · [6 Aug. 1969]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photo depicts the general view of a derailment, looking eastward. The derailed locomotive #703 was found beside a squashed box car. By this time, a PGE bulldozer had prepared a road bed for the wreck.
PGE wreck at Seton Portage
PGE wreck at Seton Portage
2013.6.36.1.047.01 · Item · [6 Aug. 1969]
Part of David Davies Railway Collection

Photo depicts a close up view of the rear of the locomotive #703. It was stopped at the head of a freight onn the main line portion of the loop awaiting a southbound loaded freight. Its tracks were derailed, fuel tranks ruptures and a sliver of steel from the box car was forced into its forward tracks. The left side of the cab was also sheared.