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Texas & Pacific Engine No. 642 is still buried in the mud and quicksand
under Village Creek Bridge - Photo by C. Martin
Conductor David Martin peers down into the
watery grave of T&P Engine No. 642 - Photo by C. Martin
According to an interview with the grandson of 642's Engineer Lyman Roach, the people in the photo are Lyman Roach (left, on ground), his wife (middle) and daughter (standing on the end sill). The picture was taken in the Texarkana Yard on a Sunday, one week before the wreck. Photo from Tom Marlin's Collection
August 1996, 112 years later, a modern diesel passes over Village Creek and T&P 642 - Photo by C. Martin.
08-19-96