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Slow moving train hits slow moving natural gas powered tractor trailer. Bad things happen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-81Vx5Zoyk
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Conductor is lucky to be alive. I can't see if hes riding the shove in or not but if he got burned then probably. Truck drivers are the dumbest people on the planet. Dude was either on his cellphone or he was trying to save a minute by racing the train.
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MassivelyBuckNegro posted:Conductor is lucky to be alive. I can't see if hes riding the shove in or not but if he got burned then probably. Negro please. Welp, I'm never going to ride in a LNG rig, that low speed impact shouldn't have caused that big of a fireball.
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Jun 24, 2015 04:07
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That happened right across the Buffalo River where I work. I was out of the shop but my boss said it shook the windows.
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Jun 24, 2015 15:25
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cool repurposing of abandoned lines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7buTCULLeY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtGzAsSAxo0 There are tons of these
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Jun 28, 2015 17:30
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B4Ctom1 posted:There are tons of these Videos of hipsters drinking lovely beer, or abandoned rails? I'm legitimately interested in the latter but it seems that most of the abandoned lines within reasonable driving distance from where I am are little more than clear areas where rails used to be, or else they're overgrown by saplings and other brush too big to plow over on a rail go kart. Geoj fucked around with this message at 05:56 on Jun 29, 2015 |
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Jun 29, 2015 05:41
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Ran across this... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft2RD9c_T34 @_@ McDeth fucked around with this message at 07:26 on Jun 29, 2015 |
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Jun 29, 2015 07:11
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McDeth posted:Ran across this... LMS drivers used to do that a lot, I don't know why because I'm sure the LMS didn't like replacing tyres every few months. OTOH Southern drivers used to like "sliding" into waterloo, there's a great video on youtube of a merchant navy sliding in, somewhere, but my youtube foo is not working today
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SybilVimes posted:LMS drivers used to do that a lot, I don't know why because it's badass
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Because how else are you supposed to do a 6 wheel firebreathing burnout? gently caress YOU DICKSCRATCHER I DO WHAT I WANT kastein fucked around with this message at 22:20 on Jun 29, 2015 |
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Jun 29, 2015 22:18
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kastein posted:Because how else are you supposed to do a 6 wheel firebreathing burnout? I. Ah. 
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Jun 30, 2015 00:11
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Eh, it'll buff out.
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Jun 30, 2015 14:41
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MikeCrotch posted:Eh, it'll buff out. Just level it out with a rail grinder, and it'll still be good for forty.
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Jun 30, 2015 19:21
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Fire and deaths on a Shinkansen. http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20150630_35.html An odd, horrible suicide apparently 
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meltie posted:Fire and deaths on a Shinkansen. One of the 'looks like a penis' E class, so an understandable reaction.
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Jul 1, 2015 03:32
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SybilVimes posted:One of the 'looks like a penis' E class, so an understandable reaction. Just like always, over-entitled Japanese person not recognizing the great trains that they have. Even if they are shaped like cocks. Now if he'd have been riding a pacer then he'd be totally justified  Killing someone else and injuring 20 others is seriously messed up though
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Force-huffing someone else's corpse-smoke is a pretty awful way to go. Was it a stereo-typically packed Japanese train, or did someone just hang out around the man-candle too long/was trying to help?
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Classic piece of trainwreck news: MIDDLETOWN, OH (FOX19) - A 24-year-old driver was hurt and faces charges after authorities say she crashed her car onto train tracks and her vehicle was hit by a train. When paramedics attempted to help Jessica D. Barnes of Middletown, she told them "Don't bother me, I'm drunk," according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. http://www.fox19.com/story/29507832/troopers-drunk-driver-crashes-onto-train-tracks-vehicle-hit-by-train
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"Meanwhile, a Norfolk Southern train traveling about 23 mph northbound toward her blew its horn several times, trying to alert her to get out of the way." You have to be pretty loving out of it not to notice "several" blasts from a train horn.
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Jul 10, 2015 02:59
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Meanwhile back in my hometown, this poor shmuck tried backing his semi down the right of way to pick up some track material, got stuck on the crossing, and was collected by the next train headed east. He jumped from the truck cab before the impact, otherwise I doubt he would have survived. http://www.sanduskyregister.com/news/transportation/9012696 NoWake fucked around with this message at 04:00 on Jul 10, 2015 |
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From the comments section: quote:people are in too big of a hurry at rail crossings and try to beat the train no matter how little time they have. quote:And how do you know the semi didn't break down at the crossing? And, while rare, there have been some people in vehicles hit by a train who actually survived. I seriously doubt (and I could be wrong) the driver of a semi was actually trying to "beat the train". My guess (and again, I could be wrong) is that he broke down on the tracks and had no other choice. I didn't read the article, but let me tell you my opinion based on the headline!
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Jul 10, 2015 05:34
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looks like UPS. A whole lot of people are making GBS threads their paints
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Hahaha, thats the best. We had a trailer recently break in the middle on no less than a UPS hotshot. They were really excited to get that thing back on the move.
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 this http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=48609978721541652285
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Jul 11, 2015 03:46
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It says in the report why they think in cab video/audio recordings are important: "In all too many accidents, the individuals involved are limited in their recollection of events or, as in the case of the Chatsworth accident, are not available to be interviewed because of fatal injuries. In a number of accidents the NTSB has investigated, a better knowledge of crewmembers' actions before an accident would have helped reveal the key causal factors and would perhaps have facilitated the development of more effective safety recommendations" Having surveillance cameras all over the terminal helps me out a lot when it comes time to investigate a mishap or catch people loving off.
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Jul 13, 2015 05:29
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Locomotive Insanity: they are not available to be interviewed because of fatal injuries
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Stick Insect posted:Locomotive Insanity: they are not available to be interviewed because of fatal injuries Based on the horror stories in this thread, I'd expect management to prop the corpse up in an interview and be frustrated by a lack of answers. Not to mention terrible hygiene and when, exactly, will they be back at work?
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So this came up in my youtube recommendation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjraY7L9Jig I don't remember seeing this linked before. How to make points and switches. Vintage steam era film.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Based on the horror stories in this thread, I'd expect management to prop the corpse up in an interview and be frustrated by a lack of answers. Not to mention terrible hygiene and when, exactly, will they be back at work? Quoting for truth They just recently hassled one of my co workers for missing a week because his wife had birth complications. I overheard the manager say "its not like your having the baby" Or a director telling one of the older guys "you shouldn't be climbing the side of a box car at your age" They were all turned in for harassment and not much has happened.
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JuffoWup posted:So this came up in my youtube recommendation: dat child labor @ 2:15
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JuffoWup posted:I don't remember seeing this linked before. How to make points and switches. Vintage steam era film. Safety gear: Black suit, stylish cap. Let's go!
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Yeah, I noticed all that and was pretty surprised. But that was the era. Also, it sounded like the project was being more complicated than it needed to be. Or do they still do it that way? I just have a hard time believing that even back then, someone never thought to build out section by section and then ship it to the site. Instead of building the entire project at the yard and then break it back down to sections for shipping.
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I imagine that they did it like that so that any mistakes that were made can be fixed quickly (since they are near the factory) without much disruption to the actual site itself. They obviously want the day of installation to go as quickly as possible, so if assembling the entire thing in a yard first makes that go more quickly and more reliably, then it's worth it even though it will make the project overall take more time.
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Jul 14, 2015 06:49
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I imagine that delaying traffic to rectify a mistake - or even just to work out how something's meant to fit - would not be an option. Well, obviously it was an option because they wouldn't derail trains because the Gantt chart told them they were good to go, but it would have been a costly exercise.
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If only there was one way to make sure that the guy driving would do what he was supposed to or someone would make/stop him. if only.. someone.
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Most grade crossing replacements, diamonds, turnouts and other special trackwork are pre-built next to the site as a 35' to 70' track panel. A skilled crew can cut out a section of track, swap out bad roadbed material, drag the new panel into place and have it good for rail traffic within 8 hours. Perhaps 5 if nobody fucks around. Some turnout panels are still built at the mfg's yard and sent out, and lots of railroads keep sets of patch panels for emergency response.
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This route is so pretty in the summer. I don't think I'll ever get bored driving here. http://imgur.com/a/VrX3j
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Cygni posted:Going back a little bit to people talking about at-grade crossings with third rail trains, you can see how the handle it in this Chicago CTA Brown line vid. The at grade crossings are all early on, but if you're a mega nerd like me, the rest is great too. CTA has an HD video for all of their lines and it owns for nerdin. Why do many of the stations appear to be literally a minute's walk from each other?
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Klaus Kinski posted:This route is so pretty in the summer. I don't think I'll ever get bored driving here. That is pretty. Where is it?
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Computer viking posted:That is pretty. Where is it? Ofotenbanen
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