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Photos from the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company, Testing Dept.

photo courtesy of Zachary Gillihan G-3197
Location Huben, MO
Cause of Derailment:
Date Taken: 12-11-1972
Note or Description: Photo shows a derailment site at Huben, Mo in which a car ofred phosphorus, a car white phosphorus, and a car of fertilizer derailed. Between Frisco and the Government Officials it was decided to bury the burning cars. A hole was dug and the cars shoved in then buried; about 50 tons of phosphorus was buried. Frisco paved asphalt over the site and also placed a "DO NOT DIG" marker. Cars still remain buried to this day.