NS 2799

Name	Type	Comments	Date

steven langsford	General	that thing is toast! was the crew able to get out before the crash?	12/8/2004 10:09:34 PM

Ron Moraca	General	d*mn that wrecked GP38! What happened to the crew!?	11/4/2007 10:17:50 PM

Ryan Kertis	General	Ouch!	2/9/2008 9:14:45 PM

Bob Reinke	General	Regrettably, the crew on this unit not make it: the opposing train, 188 out of Atlanta ran a red and collided head-on with the train 2799 was leading (G38). The conductor, riding in the second unit (NS 3994) escaped serious injury. Unfortunately, the conductor whom was riding in the lead unit of 188 (NS 8641) was fatally injured as well. The engineer who was in the lead unit, as well the brakeman and flagman of 188 riding in the second unit of that train (NS 8621), where not seriously injured.	5/21/2011 11:35:33 PM

SD Goss	General	I remember when this all happened. I was on duty at Inman when 188 departed. I even waved to them when they entered the mainline via the "Perry Way" (no longer exists) from FT-01. Several months later, I saw engineer Fisher in the post office. He approached me and with tears in his eyes collapsed into my arms. I held him up and tried to comfort him. It is difficult to go through something like that and sometimes it is even harder to live with it afterwards. The death of AA Forrester preceded that of his brother's retirement as division chief dispatcher by only a few months. I don't believe Ollie ( "OEF" ) could stand it anymore..	9/6/2011 3:47:38 PM

Benji Holden	General	Unfortunately, my couzing, my mothers first couzin, Ricky Cowart got burned up in one of these engines, it's unsure to me which train he was own, I was around 13 when this happened, I am now 34, his mother my Aunt Grace passed away a few years ago, my late Grandfathers sister on my mothers side. Many years ago, his brother wrapped a fire truck around a tree and killed also, do not know if I ever met hime or not or when that happened, their father, passed away years before I was born, passed away with cancer, and one of their sons, Ricky or Randy's son a few years ago, died cancer as well at a young age. And Aunt Grace lost a another husband, and two brothers, one at a tender age of him being in his thrities I believe, My Aunt Grace had been through so much, and her family, she was a strong woman to go through all of this, but thank God she's in Heaven and dont haft to suffer no more, she also lost a baby sister to years before I was born, thank God when we get to the promise land their	12/31/2011 7:36:05 PM

Benji Holden	General	will not be any reefs of death on Mansion Door.	12/31/2011 7:38:17 PM

Anna McDaniel	General	Actually there was one survivor on G38. My grandfather, John McDaniel, did manage to get out of G38 and was the only survivor. He was the helper/flagman and managed to crawl out after lying down in his unit right before the collision.	4/10/2016 7:10:24 PM

Ethan Button	General	I've never seen such a mangled unit before. It's sad to hear all these stories as well.	12/11/2019 11:33:46 AM

Mason Soliday	General	3 units totaled	4/3/2022 12:06:39 PM

Mason Soliday	General	There was one survivor on NS 8641. The crewmember on NS 3994 also survived. The crew in 2799 burned alive. The conductor on 8641 was probably killed by the impact.	4/9/2024 6:23:37 AM

Mason Soliday	General	There was one survivor on NS 8641. The crewmember on NS 3994 also survived. The crew in 2799 burned alive. The conductor on 8641 was probably killed by the impact.	4/9/2024 4:37:31 PM

NS 2799
NS 2799 was the lead unit on Southbound NS G38 at the time of the crash.
Date: 8/9/1990	Location: Sugar Valley, GA Map	Views: 5335	Collection Of: Mike Ray
Locomotives: NS 2799(GP38)			Author: nsrayman - nslocos.com

Picture Categories:		This picture is part of album: NS Sugar Valley Train Wreck

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