Run away locomotive

[fishjack1]

Got this e-mail from a friend of mine.. talk about some SMOKE....

This was the scene at Marceline a few weeks back when the 791 bought the farm. Mech desk said an injector likely became stuck wide open filling a cylinder with fuel and thereby causing a piston to let go. Must have badly cracked the block as after hitting the kill switches and with all the breakers off the thing ran for half an hour, making like run 8 just on the crankcase oil, producing a tremendous thick cloud of gray smoke. Was on a Sunday night, we stopped right across from the old coal tower in Marceline, drew a fair amount of people gawkers. Marceline chimney savers were called but we didn't need them, no fire inside the hood at all. Rear unit and first few stacks covered with oil. After it finally died just took it dead in tow. Close examination revealed little exterior damage on the motor, no oil or water leaks inside the hood. Image from my conductor's cellphone, didn't have my cam with this trip.