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I'm pretty sure "eccentric billionaire" is on everyone's list of failed dreams.
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No Pun Intended posted:I'm pretty sure "eccentric billionaire" is on everyone's list of failed dreams. 
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Jan 16, 2015 02:59
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You have to be filthy, stinking, rich. Two out of three won't cut it!
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Jan 16, 2015 03:14
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So how often are you stuck in the middle of the woods and monsters/slender/methheads attack you?
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Jan 23, 2015 23:47
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ijustam posted:So how often are you stuck in the middle of the woods and monsters/slender/methheads attack you? Last summer two guys cleaning a passenger train in one of our yards got beat up by a couple of tweakers/drunks, but that was in the middle of a city. On some of the remote north lines I've heard they provide you with a satellite phone and allow you to carry a gun because bears, but I can't confirm. But really the engines are pretty much bullet proof, and lock from the inside so unless you're going for a walk there's no worry.
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Jan 24, 2015 04:12
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Skeeber posted:Last summer two guys cleaning a passenger train in one of our yards got beat up by a couple of tweakers/drunks, but that was in the middle of a city. A CSX crew got robbed/killed in Louisiana a few years ago. Containers on trains get robbed regularly in Chicago and New Jersey(and probably everywhere).
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Jan 24, 2015 04:37
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I was told by a friend that worked in the Oakland yard that he carried an old wallet with 5 bucks, an expired license, and an expired credit card in it. If someone says, "hand over the wallet or I will shoot and kill you". You better not tell them that you left your wallet in the locker so that you couldn't be robbed. B4Ctom1 fucked around with this message at 20:31 on Jan 25, 2015 |
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Jan 25, 2015 20:27
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That is a really good idea. They forgot to take my old license from me at the RMV when I got it renewed last, so I use that one at places where they hold your license till you return something just in case I turn into a scatterbrained idiot and return the toolcart/hoist/whatever but forget to get my license back. I'll have to add my old debit card and a couple bucks to the collection...
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Jan 26, 2015 00:03
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I saw this weird trainset parked on a siding between Kansas City Union Station and the parking lot of a restaurant I ate at on Friday night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui2-sLRbJIA (not my video obviously) It's a flat car with a cab mounted on it, another flatcar with the body of a excavator on it, some more flat cars, and an engine that looks like something that belongs in a Trenitalia livery. I realize it's some sort of maintenance vehicle. What kind of locomotive is that? Did they special make it for that vehicle or is it some sort of European import? I've never seen anything like it in the US before.
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Jan 26, 2015 06:09
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A lot of Maintenance-Of-Way vehicles are special built for one specific purpose, can cost up to seven figures, but will do a month's worth of track work in a day. (given proper track time) That engine you see could have come off the shelf from anywhere, most likely re-built from the ground up with brand-new guts. I honestly don't know anything about that contractor's equipment, but this rail inspection car was built on a chassis dating back to 1915.. http://youtu.be/kqEnWOgcUr0 The control cabs and crew's quarters on the interior looked like they'd been built by a highschool's shop class.. but ugly gets the job done just as well. NoWake fucked around with this message at 06:32 on Jan 26, 2015 |
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Jan 26, 2015 06:30
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NoWake posted:ugly gets the job done just as well. The CargoSprinter is a German freight diesel multiple unit train. It sounds like a silly idea and it was never very successful. But the design was used as a base to build various maintenace-of-way vehicles with.
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Jan 26, 2015 16:59
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bennyfactor posted:I saw this weird trainset parked on a siding between Kansas City Union Station and the parking lot of a restaurant I ate at on Friday night: That is a material distribution machine. Jus a bit of background. Herzog is a company that assists several railroads with material distribution for track maintenance. For example Herzog uses entire trains of computer controlled and GPS verified ballast (track gravel) dump cars. It can dump ballast at speed that are just low enough for the ballast to not fly all over but faster than any other method. We haul those trains for them when they are running over our district. He tells us what speed and the ballast just dumps. Totally misses all switches, crossings and wayside scanners/detector equipment with precision. The materials distribution train in the video is likely used for dropping bundles of ties, placement next to the tracks of single cement ties, buckets of spikes, pallets of tie plates, or containers of other fasteners used on cement ties. Other contractors use similar getups that employ a special highrailing semi, regular on fashioned gondola cars, and a special backhoe that climbs all over the cars, and from car to car. like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_SgPhqi6Pg They also use it to pick up used materials using a clamp to pick up ties and cut up rail and a magnet for piles of smaller metal parts like spikes, plates and fasteners. B4Ctom1 fucked around with this message at 04:14 on Jan 27, 2015 |
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Jan 27, 2015 04:12
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B4Ctom1 posted:I was told by a friend that worked in the Oakland yard that he carried an old wallet with 5 bucks, an expired license, and an expired credit card in it. I did that all the time in high-pickpocket areas overseas.
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Jan 27, 2015 04:18
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Metro-North train hits a Jeep and burns: http://abcnews.go.com/US/dead-metro-north-train-car-collision-fire/story?id=28704215 Jesus.
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Feb 4, 2015 05:24
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ABC news posted:The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said the gates came down on top of the SUV at the crossing, which was stopped on the tracks. The driver got out to look at the rear of the car, then she got back in and drove forward and was struck. 
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Feb 4, 2015 05:30
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That was my exact reaction too. It should be common sense that when your car is stuck on the tracks you should just get the hell out of there.
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Feb 4, 2015 05:32
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That is absolutely awful and scary. I used to commute to work via NJ Transit and my rail line has a number of level crossings. The thought of a commuter train catching on fire after a crash is terrifying even though NJ Transit and Metro-North use different rolling stock and configurations.
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Feb 4, 2015 06:04
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How in the world does a Cherokee even get stuck on a level crossing? Are the crossings in other parts of the country completely different than the crossings here in the Phoenix area? I've never seen a crossing here that even a lowered Civic could get stuck on, let alone an SUV.
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Feb 4, 2015 07:02
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From the videos I've seen of cars stuck in crossings, people treat the gates as impenetrable barriers and just throw their hands in the air. There was one I saw where a lady stopped to lift it over her car before she drove through, likely what this person was attempting to do in this case. e: the second hit for 'car stuck on crossing' and it's a different one than I'd seen before. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI6urtS9Oxc&t=20s NoWake fucked around with this message at 07:29 on Feb 4, 2015 |
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Feb 4, 2015 07:06
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You guys get a new speed limit or something?
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Feb 4, 2015 09:11
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Ahahahahaha oh my god. "Can't risk scratching my paint and ramming the crossing guard out of the way!" /proceeds to get creamed by train Amazing. McDeth fucked around with this message at 09:38 on Feb 4, 2015 |
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Feb 4, 2015 09:18
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The Locator posted:How in the world does a Cherokee even get stuck on a level crossing? Are the crossings in other parts of the country completely different than the crossings here in the Phoenix area? I've never seen a crossing here that even a lowered Civic could get stuck on, let alone an SUV. "Stuck" meaning the car is trapped between the two barrier gates.
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Feb 4, 2015 13:55
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The Locator posted:How in the world does a Cherokee even get stuck on a level crossing? Are the crossings in other parts of the country completely different than the crossings here in the Phoenix area? I've never seen a crossing here that even a lowered Civic could get stuck on, let alone an SUV. https://www.google.com/maps/place/C...468b489c821c187 That's the crossing. Nothing really special, it looks like the barrier hit her car, she heard a noise, parked it on the train tracks, and couldn't get clear after she realized what happened.
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Feb 4, 2015 14:35
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Don't the gates go up if they run into pretty much any resistance?
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Feb 4, 2015 16:53
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ijustam posted:Don't the gates go up if they run into pretty much any resistance? You might be thinking of a garage door, or a gate at a toll booth or a parking lot. I can't imagine a railroad crossing's failure mode being anything other than "gate is down, crossing is closed until further notice". Having the gates go back up after hitting something wouldn't stop the approaching train, even if it did trip a signal. In addition, many drivers will treat a gate going up as a green light regardless of what the bells and lights are doing, and it's likely the next driver in line would set themselves right on the crossing too.
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Feb 4, 2015 17:09
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NoWake posted:You might be thinking of a garage door, or a gate at a toll booth or a parking lot. I can't imagine a railroad crossing's failure mode being anything other than "gate is down, crossing is closed until further notice". Having the gates go back up after hitting something wouldn't stop the approaching train, even if it did trip a signal. In addition, many drivers will treat a gate going up as a green light regardless of what the bells and lights are doing, and it's likely the next driver in line would set themselves right on the crossing too. This right here. Our gates certainly don't care what they hit , they are going down. Within 3 days of us putting our new gates in, we karate chopped a car. That'll learn em.
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Feb 4, 2015 18:04
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NoWake posted:From the videos I've seen of cars stuck in crossings, people treat the gates as impenetrable barriers and just throw their hands in the air. There was one I saw where a lady stopped to lift it over her car before she drove through, likely what this person was attempting to do in this case.  smackfu posted:"Stuck" meaning the car is trapped between the two barrier gates. Holy gently caress, people are so incredibly stupid it hurts my brain. 
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Feb 4, 2015 18:27
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The Locator posted:Holy gently caress, people are so incredibly stupid it hurts my brain. People have been taught for 70 years to not question authority, and to do what authority tells them to do. The barriers are pretty much pure authority, and people believe you do NOT cross the barriers, ever.
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Feb 4, 2015 18:48
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SybilVimes posted:People have been taught for 70 years to not question authority, and to do what authority tells them to do. The barriers are pretty much pure authority, and people believe you do NOT cross the barriers, ever. If you were dumb enough to cross the barrier keeping you off the tracks, you should still be smart enough to cross the one keeping you in front of thousands of tons of hurtling steel if you have even 2 brain cells that fire once in a while. But, apparently not I guess.
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Feb 4, 2015 19:46
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People turn stupid around trains. Its pretty amazing.
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Feb 4, 2015 20:16
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BrokenKnucklez posted:People turn stupid around trains. Its pretty amazing. A trucker got hit on my terminal at a crossing 2 years ago(no injuries, rolled the truck/container). In the course of filling out the report I asked the driver "Did you see the train?". He responded "Yea, but I see trains all the time."
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Feb 4, 2015 21:03
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SybilVimes posted:People have been taught for 70 years to not question authority, and to do what authority tells them to do. The barriers are pretty much pure authority, and people believe you do NOT cross the barriers, ever. People have also been taught that barriers coming down means a train is coming and to get the gently caress out of the way. Anyone that thinks they shouldnt cross a barrier while in a train track is being stupid beyond reason. Anyone with half a functioning brain cell would do one of two things - a, abandon car and run for it or b, engage first gear and floor it, smash the barrier. They are designed to allow a trapped car to break through.
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Feb 4, 2015 21:16
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You'd think they'd be built with spring-loaded hinges so it could pivot away from the tracks when pushed.
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Feb 4, 2015 21:24
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Yeah but at the same time, I pass a level crossing that is regularly parked on in rush hour traffic. Apparently waiting to cross the tracks until you have room to stop on the other side is not the common sense approach? I see people pull onto the tracks and stop regularly. I suppose being forced to watch the Clarkson PSA hundreds of times by my son imprinted me (ITS TOAST), but I get uncomfortable even being in the first couple cars when the arm comes down.
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Feb 4, 2015 21:27
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They do move to a point, but not much, but id rather scratch the paint on my car vs getting hit by a train.
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Feb 4, 2015 21:28
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Hmmm. Maaco or a brand new car. Tough choice.
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Feb 4, 2015 23:51
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Vaporware posted:Yeah but at the same time, I pass a level crossing that is regularly parked on in rush hour traffic. Apparently waiting to cross the tracks until you have room to stop on the other side is not the common sense approach? I see people pull onto the tracks and stop regularly. Waiting on train tracks is literally evidence said driver is not intelligent enough to drive and should have driving privileges revoked immediately. Also, is it not illegal anyway? Sounds like easy citations for a cop to set up to do.
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Feb 5, 2015 00:02
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There's a crossing near me that people get "stuck" on every single time I drive through there at rush hour because they didn't wait for the far side to clear. This is a crossing where Amtrak blows by at what looks like about 60 mph. I concluded that there must be different speed restrictions for rush hour because otherwise there'd be a fatality every other day.
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Feb 5, 2015 01:04
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BrokenKnucklez posted:People turn stupid around trains. Its pretty amazing. Why don't they look, Ralph? Tell me... why don't they look? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lh9zM8oQhpY
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It isn't even limited to cars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW9RrPUu6j0
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