Rickyber
Second Officer
Flight distance : 403488 ft
United States
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Dirty Bird Posted at 2018-1-16 22:06
Hello & thank you. You must have stayed at Henderson's Wharf or the Admiral Fell Inn? Both are still there.
January 13, 1982. A snowy Wednesday around 4pm. I remember that day well. I was sitting in the backup less then a mile from the 14th Street bridge. We didn't know what had happened until it was reported on the radio. You couldn't see it as visibility was poor due to the snow. I remember being stuck there for hours. Sad day. There was a fatal train incident on the D.C. metro that same day.
If my memory serves me right, that pilot put the plane in the river in between the 14th St. traffic and railroad bridge. Quite an amazing feat because any other decision would have meant a more terrible disaster than it was.
We were on the 14th St. railroad bridge heading south to Potomac Yard which was the end of the line for us. At that time, it was run by the Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad which is a long defunct entity.
From there, they would cab us to Union Station and catch a train back to Philly. I can remember making that run many times. One time on the way back to Philly, I was so tired from working 12 hours on the freight run, I woke up in New York City.........lol
The trip back to Philly was just a ride home, so if you were alone, it was so easy to doze off.....lol |
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