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So Anthony Bourdain has a new show on CNN that is pretty well done; for the first episode he goes to Myanmar. One of the things he does there is ride a train..
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B4Ctom1 posted:Here is a rare patch from my military service That's a really cool patch, but I must say that the perspective is… a bit jarring.
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Apr 21, 2013 10:13
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ctishman posted:That's a really cool patch, but I must say that the perspective is… a bit jarring. Yes it was designed by Airman First Class Escher
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Apr 25, 2013 00:14
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Crossing fatality dashcam  for death thump.http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=373_1366979875
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Apr 27, 2013 21:11
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B4Ctom1 posted:Crossing fatality dashcam Jesus Christ. I don't understand how, I mean couldn't you feel that through your feet? The train coming I mean.
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Apr 27, 2013 23:01
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According to this news article in the comments, she lived, albeit barely (and who knows if she'll still make it): Via Google Translate, http://www.4vsar.ru/news/35546.html -- quote:Yesterday at around 19.25 in the Saratov region Rtishchevsky 16-year-old girl was hit by a passenger train "Vorkuta-Adler." Currently, she is in serious condition.
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Apr 28, 2013 00:40
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InterceptorV8 posted:Jesus Christ. I don't understand how, I mean couldn't you feel that through your feet? The train coming I mean. Electrics don't do that anywhere near as much as diesels do.
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Apr 28, 2013 00:52
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And she could have had earphones on. Also teenagers are loving idiots who pay little attention to what's going on around them. So glad she lived, that looked (and sounded) like a really bad hit.
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Apr 28, 2013 04:47
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This happens a lot with people on cell phones / with headphones.
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Apr 28, 2013 05:32
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People get retarded around trains. Its a common in large metro areas...
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Apr 28, 2013 18:23
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A Near-Miss: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=27a_1364631238
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Apr 28, 2013 19:56
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I'M FUCKIN' OUTTA HERE! What the gently caress happened here? I mean how did this happen?
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Apr 28, 2013 20:11
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Gorilla Salad posted:Also teenagers are loving idiots who pay little attention to what's going on around them. This. I'm not saying I have entirely made my mind up, and I know this might be heretical in AI, but I'm actually starting to believe kids shouldn't be able to drive until 18, with maybe learner's permits at 17 and a half years. Teenagers are incredibly immature and don't understand one iota the grave seriousness of driving a car.
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Apr 28, 2013 21:33
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Utopian Mind posted:This. I'm not saying I have entirely made my mind up, and I know this might be heretical in AI, but I'm actually starting to believe kids shouldn't be able to drive until 18, with maybe learner's permits at 17 and a half years. FCO Travel Advice: United States of America posted:In 2011 there were 32,310 road deaths in the USA (Source: DfT). This equates to 10.5 road deaths per 100,000 of population and compares to the UK average of 3.0 road deaths per 100,000 of population in 2011.  )
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Apr 28, 2013 21:55
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:That's how it works in the UK, and, well, I'll let the Foreign & Commonwealth Office explain it: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/usa/safety-and-security If you have a pulse and an address, you can get a drivers license here in the states. Its terrible. 
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Apr 28, 2013 21:57
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B4Ctom1 posted:My wife put this on my facebook. that's an odd one, most only have a gear on one side looks like something russians would do
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Apr 28, 2013 23:54
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It's a sorta nifty idea, the opposite helix cut of each gear keeps there from being any end loading on either the driving shaft or the driven/axle shaft from the gears, while doubling torque transfer capacity per shaft. Should reduce the need for thrust bearings in the traction motor or whatever intermediate shaft/gears mesh with those ones, I would think.
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Apr 29, 2013 12:32
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 Took this one day because they said to go, and this is about the minimum for a big train. Thought the gas pump light, like cars have, was funny first time I saw it, for 580 gallons.  SD70ACe's, we deliver new ones west, because we are on the way. They were not in service, locked cabs.   CNIC = children in charge (GTW old schooler coined that) (when they first merged that was what they started with, now it is just CN)
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Apr 29, 2013 15:24
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Shoktru posted:
No more of those junk SD70Aces.... can you just plop em in a siding or something? I didn't know there was a gas tank light as well! I will have to keep an eye out, but we have a service facility in our yard so it never gets that low, unless its a ratty SD-40.
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Apr 29, 2013 17:52
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A nice, slow derailment caught on video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Yr5EztEPJS8
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Apr 30, 2013 02:54
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bytebark posted:A nice, slow derailment caught on video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Yr5EztEPJS8 Looks like he got steampunk'd.
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Apr 30, 2013 04:15
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Why didn't the train turn onto the other track? Why did the track it was on just stop  EDIT - I see now. The rail closest the camera has a gap big enough for the wheels to pass through and so the train continued along the tiny length of straight track. 
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Apr 30, 2013 08:01
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Gorilla Salad posted:Why didn't the train turn onto the other track? Why did the track it was on just stop This is what is called a set of catch or trap points (depending on where you are from). It is a protection method designed to derail anything in the siding/loop/docking road before it fouls the main line (when the mainline switch is normal).
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Apr 30, 2013 08:33
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And I assume there's a good reason for that, or are railway workers just big jerks?
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Apr 30, 2013 08:44
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A controlled derailment is a lot less of a bad thing than having a crash.
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Apr 30, 2013 09:02
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Holy poo poo, dude.
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Apr 30, 2013 11:26
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No Pun Intended posted:A controlled derailment is a lot less of a bad thing than having a crash. Yeah, that looks like a few hours for a crane and a recovery crew to pick it up and roll it back onto the track instead of, say, a few boxcars rolling onto the main line by accident and getting pancaked by a freight train doing 60. Does railroading have a term like that old saw about "a good landing is one you walk away from"? Because that looks like a good landing to me, maybe even a great one ("a great landing is one you walk away from... and can use the plane again within 24 hours!") 
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Apr 30, 2013 13:45
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Gorilla Salad posted:Why didn't the train turn onto the other track? Why did the track it was on just stop It looks like, unless the footage is obscuring some details of that bit of track, that traveling across it is impossible in either direction without derailing
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Apr 30, 2013 16:11
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EightBit posted:It looks like, unless the footage is obscuring some details of that bit of track, that traveling across it is impossible in either direction without derailing Those points are moveable, much like the points of a switch, intended to make the section passable if conditions allow, ie, the signalman has permission to put them on the main. Catch points are actually fairly common. The Wikipedia page will explain everything in detail. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_points
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Apr 30, 2013 19:46
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kastein posted:Does railroading have a term like that old saw about "a good landing is one you walk away from"? Because that looks like a good landing to me, maybe even a great one ("a great landing is one you walk away from... and can use the plane again within 24 hours!") There are no good landings on today's railroad (speaking of class 1's here). Even if nobody is hurt its a big deal. All accidents are preventable. Put equipment on the ground, go piss in a cup and enjoy an unpaid vacation
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May 1, 2013 00:26
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Strawberry posted:There are no good landings on today's railroad (speaking of class 1's here). Even if nobody is hurt its a big deal. All accidents are preventable. Put equipment on the ground, go piss in a cup and enjoy an unpaid vacation It's the same way with airplanes. Breaking your employers stuff is frowned upon. Walking away from the broken stuff is still preferable.
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May 1, 2013 23:58
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Strawberry posted:There are no good landings on today's railroad (speaking of class 1's here). Even if nobody is hurt its a big deal. All accidents are preventable. Put equipment on the ground, go piss in a cup and enjoy an unpaid vacation Unless you have job insurance like I do. Then its a nice 2 month paid vacation 
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May 2, 2013 00:13
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Strange request for you rail guys; I'm an 18wheeler driver. Everyone has diesel train horns on their rigs, I want a three or four chime steam whistle. Where can I find one that's not a wallet smasher? What kind of psi commitment am I looking at outv of my existing air system? Looking for the kind of whistle that the Strasburg Line has any ideas? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZgzRfa-xPQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player Edit; Strasburg runs freight with steam, last legitimate steam freight operation in North America. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PFzR6AXLJ8&feature=youtube_gdata_player 0rganDonor fucked around with this message at 02:45 on May 3, 2013 |
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May 2, 2013 00:51
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I was out trying to grab some early-morning photographs along the river when this rolled by.
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May 2, 2013 17:27
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bisticles posted:I was out trying to grab some early-morning photographs along the river when this rolled by. Hudson River? Pretty sure that is in New York state since that train is somewhere in northern Ohio right now.
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May 3, 2013 04:52
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That first video, I understand EXACTLY why the engineer bailed. He doesn't know for sure there was not going to be a last second impact. Even an impact above 5 MPH can be fatal. The second video when he whistled off I was looking at the "derails" (aka catchpoints) and was like, "no no no no no noo nooo! awww gently caress." 
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May 3, 2013 05:15
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Veins McGee posted:Hudson River? Pretty sure that is in New York state since that train is somewhere in northern Ohio right now. Yup, on the West side of the Hudson, across from Poughkeepsie.
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May 3, 2013 05:17
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bisticles posted:Yup, on the West side of the Hudson, across from Poughkeepsie. I'll actually see some of those cars around noon tomorrow at my terminal.
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May 3, 2013 05:27
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Tex Avery posted:Those points are moveable, much like the points of a switch, intended to make the section passable if conditions allow, ie, the signalman has permission to put them on the main. Catch points are actually fairly common. The Wikipedia page will explain everything in detail. My favourite catch points are on the turning loop just outside Hammersmith station, (Click for huge because its a bad photo) Hooray you don't go on the up/down Picc lines, but you do end up ploughing through a cable bridge and into a sturdy pillar that holds the road up.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:My favourite Somehow this doesn't surprise me at all.
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