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A short time before a view posted previously, a New York Central big hook goes to work clearing the motive power (out of view) of the wrecked Southwestern Limited at Wellington, OH. Front and center is Baggage-Coach 281, which took the brunt of the impact with Coach 2939. The Coach took shockingly little damage, but 281 was a complete loss as a result. Note the general mess and destruction at the crossing, with wires, poles and the remains of the crossing tower tossed about to the left.
Wellington, OH
January 10, 1960
Passenger Car of the Day
11/2/25
This wreck is “Manx Rose” and she was built in Arklow, Ireland, in 1942 for the Admiralty. She used to work from Pwllheli in the early 1980’s and then from Amlwch. She was decomissioned about 1985 and taken to Dulas Estuary, Anglesey.
“Where is the graveyard of dead gods? What lingering mourner waters their mounds?"
― H.L. Mencken
A car wrecker / auto graveyard / used car/truck dealer, in southern Oregon.
Camera: Olympus Pen E-P1
Lens: Olympus 17mm pancake lens
Long covid demolished the life I knew. I am trying now for disability and hoping to keep my home. I am in pain every second of every day. No health insurance because I had it through my 21-year public teaching position, and when I had to leave that job, I lost my insurance. I couldn't afford the $1k a month that COBRA would have set me back. I can't begin to afford marketplace insurance. I used my savings to survive financially the past few years. My pension is there, but I'm not old enough to access it; nor will it be remotely enough to live on if I can get Teacher's Retirement Disability. Every day is a struggle to continue. I can get basic care at a wonderful local clinic, but even something like a cortisone shot requires me to go elsewhere. And in order to qualify financially for that shot, I'd already need to be on disability.
This illness is one of many, including chronic Lyme and ME/CFS (the latter of which I probably actually do have now, along with osteoarthritis and asthma) that is poorly understood and often dismissed because it's an "invisible" illness that, on a tolerable day, isn't always evident to observers.
The US needs health care reform in an immediate and sweeping way. I'm not counting on it, though. I truly don't know what will happen.
This book is a really powerful account of what it's like for those of us living with invisible illnesses and disabilities.
The wreck of a Soviet self-propelled gun SU-76M in a German town, 1945.
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The Irene, wrecked off Grim Ness, South Ronaldsay, Orkney. The Longhope lifeboat was lost with all the crew on the way to rescue her.
Quite a few of these around the coast of Mull. ( I mean the boats, not the rain clouds, there were more than a few of those)
The wreck of the MV Nibley, near Lydney Harbour.
For more info: www.friendsofpurton.org.uk/Lydney/Nibley.html
After posting it to myself, I've gone back to working my way through my copy of 'Wreck This Journal'.
The wrecked BNSF #7847 is loaded onto a flat car in Missoula. This engine was involved in a collision back on November 13th. It has been sitting on the roundhouse tracks almost since then. They must plan on rebuilding it. Does any one know where it's going?
The Ford GT40 was a high performance sports car and winner of the 24 hours of Le Mans four times in a row, from 1966 to 1969 (in 1967 with a different body, though). It was built to win long-distance sports car races against Ferrari (who won at Le Mans six times in a row from 1960 to 1965).
The car was named the GT (for Grand Tourisme) with the 40 representing its overall height of 40 inches (1.02 m, measured at the windshield) as required by the rules. Large displacement Ford V8 engines (4.7 L and 7 L) were used, compared with the Ferrari V12 which displaced 3.0 L or 4.0 L.
Early cars were simply named "Ford GT". The name "GT40" was the name of Ford's project to prepare the cars for the international endurance racing circuit, and the quest to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The first 12 "prototype" vehicles carried serial numbers GT-101 through GT-112. The "production" began and the subsequent cars, the MkI, MkIIs, MkIIIs, and MkVs, numbered GT40-P-1000 through GT40-P-1145, were officially "GT40s". The name of Ford's project, and the serial numbers dispel the story that "GT40" was "only a nickname."
The contemporary Ford GT is a modern homage to the GT40