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Disgruntled Bovine posted:That's only slightly pricey for a limited run high detail complete passenger train in plastic. You should see what you'd pay for something like that in brass. Model railroading is not a cheap hobby. Check out some overland or sunset models sometime if you want to see expensive. I've bought and driven cars for less than they are selling the loving engines for. Jesus.
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I have a question for you butt-nuts. I've been seeing this for awhile and I don't know what it is really, or more like what they are doing. Two engines (mostly it's a UP up front and a SP behind) and only two cars. Hauling loving rear end. 99% of the time it's oil cans, but I've seen two like belly dump highwalls before. No idea what the gently caress they are doing but it's Nevada and I see them between Locklock and Fernley with this. Are they refueling something, but it doesn't explain why they are winding the train out. Two engines, two cars, hauling rear end.
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Jan 29, 2013 22:34
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It's just strange because it's the same two engines. I'm starting to wonder if they are moving fuel oil or something because we are a emergency area right now. Could be so much poo poo now that I think about it. Since it's Nevada, I'll just say Aliens.
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Jan 30, 2013 05:37
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BrokenKnucklez posted:Its definitely a local job. Usually there is assigned power for locals. About what time and where at are you seeing these units? I can take a look on a train line up and see what they are doing. I'm going to have to say about 3-430 Sunday around Lovelock NV, before crossing Highway 95 south. Might have been a couple of weeks since I saw them.
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Feb 2, 2013 09:36
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Zeether posted:I just saw this picture on Tumblr with people saying "Oh my god, imagine how great this would be" and all I could think of was "This won't work at all and I can give a million reasons why": I saw that they bypassed SLC headed out to Green River and crossed the rockies that way. That's when I stopped even looking at the map and wondered if they had any loving clue what they where thinking.
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Feb 6, 2013 05:59
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evil_bunnY posted:So like a year/year-and-half of armed forces money. Welcome to America. Do you even budget? It would be closer to two years of the complete defense budget period. Not including right-of-way and domain issues. It's like all the people screaming and yelling why doesn't America create more wind power like Spain, while completely ignoring the fact that we create 3x the amount of wind power of Spain, and in order to raise our percent as high as Spain we would have to even go over triple what we currently have in total and almost product 90% of the world's wind power up from 28%. While it being neat and cute and all, I can't see spending 50% of the total US budget on a project that would serve so little, while adding a massive amount of upkeep to a overburdened system. And why is loving Quincy IL so important it needs a spur?
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Feb 6, 2013 15:46
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wilfredmerriweathr posted:Yeah, I don't get the hate. Ok, so its not perfect, and might cost a bit of money. Screw it! I'll just take my car or a plane, which will totally be viable for the foreseeable future, regardless of fuel prices and availability! Because it would be cheaper to Greyhound?
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Feb 6, 2013 15:48
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OK OK, a simple trip from LA to Chicago is going to be about 4.5 hours by air and cost you $200 (round trip). How much would you be willing to pay for train travel from LA to Chicago taking 3 times as long?
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Feb 6, 2013 15:54
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wilfredmerriweathr posted:How about in 30 years when the price of kerosene has quadrupled? Wouldn't it be nice if there was some other method of travel that didn't rely completely on fossil fuels? http://youtu.be/ZfL4xKQeSfo http://youtu.be/nLCmcV4gC_0 I have my hat picked out and everything.
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Feb 6, 2013 16:08
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BrokenKnucklez posted:Oh. We stick to lovely industrial leads. I put 2 engines on the ground yesterday... wide gauge track. Pretty awesome, the local managers came out, looked and go well, go pee in a cup then go home. Nothing like getting paid for a full day for only 3 hours worth of work. Like...you dropped through the track?
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Feb 7, 2013 20:44
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9axle posted:And there is the problem. You are entitled to 10 hours of uninterrupted rest after you complete a shift. But you have no idea when the next call is coming for your next train. You don't know if you are going out as soon as your rest period is up, or is the next day. Is planning really that loving hard? People wonder why I'm happy to drive my "shorter" dedicated route now.
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Mar 8, 2013 23:04
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Saw a car vs train today out by Coal Canyon/Lovelock area. Looked to be a red Cadillac, I got some pictures, but I'll wait to upload them until I get home. http://goo.gl/maps/Y1Pct Hope it wasn't one of you guys.
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Mar 20, 2013 06:02
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Sorry for it being hard to see What's left of the car is by the white truck to the left, the police where getting on scene as I shot this. Surprised this hasn't been in the news, at least I didn't read about it in the local papers, but car vs train, no surprise who won here. And the guy in the car died. Kinda surprised that they have at grade crossings without any warning signals at all. I wonder if the guy got too used to trains (well, the cars anyway) being their, because Uncle Pete has been using the derail (not pictured) as storage for the last 6 months.
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Mar 24, 2013 21:45
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CommieGIR posted:I hope they hunt down all the trucks with the horns and confiscate them. I hate those loving things. FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS. Erwin posted:I assume this is an error by the reporter, and that they're not actually lifting engines off the tracks for something that sounds like it could be replaced anywhere? I was going to say that was a bit much, from reading this thread, I figured railroad did silly poo poo like patching airlines with ball point pens, like we do. Tex Avery posted:I USED to work for the Great Cockup of a Railway. Yes, it's loving horrendous. Yes, most everyone who is there knows it. I hate it. My wife, who is still a train attendant, hates it too. Huh, I know someone who worked/works on that as well. Don't you guys do the Santa Express thing? Also, why the gently caress don't you have a Tex Avery avatar, you lazy rear end.
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Mar 26, 2013 08:13
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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 28, 2013 20:11
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 Those are rails on those cars right?
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May 25, 2013 07:30
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Rabid Anti-Dentite! posted:Yes Sir they are, heres how it looks from my angle unloading them. Rabid Anti-Dentite! posted:Another view, I believe they run about a 1/4 to 1/2 mile long. Sorry, preview showed the pictures the right way. I think we are going to have you pee in a cup.
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May 25, 2013 19:38
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So which one of you caused the scrap iron pile to get real big in Elko NV? At least they did it fairly close to the metal recyclers.
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May 28, 2013 18:48
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madeintaipei posted:How, uhh. What needs to... why? Fell off a truck, maybe? Depending on where it happened, it could have flown there. I've seen porttashitters on those little trailers take off and go for a ride. Hell, about half a year ago somehow a FULL one was blowing down the interstate in Reno spreading joy and happiness everywhere.
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Jun 20, 2013 22:08
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B4Ctom1 posted:welp.. discuss You'd think there would be easier ways to commit murder/suicide.
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Jun 20, 2013 23:26
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That's why I don't deal with loving reefers anymore. You where always jumping around doing stupid poo poo at 3am then 9am then 8pm then whatever loving retarded hour they could pull out of their stupid asses. Having a set day not only keeps you mentally awake, it will stop people from falling over face first and having heart attacks at loving 40. Then again, I'd love to see the railguys have to put up with the Obamabreak® just to watch ya'll stroke out for a bit.
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Dec 7, 2013 05:56
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B4Ctom1 posted:We have Obamabreak. It is called the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008. Heh, I'm talking about the 30 mintues shutdown time per 8 hours of being on duty. And don't forget, your 14 is still ticking while you are parked. I beat the clock by dropping a load, switching to personal transportation and bobtailing. Since I am not under load or a trailer, I'm just driving around in a giant pick-up. I wouldn't even want to know the clusterfuck that would happen if they said every 8 hours you had to shut the trains down for 30 minutes because that is safer.
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Dec 9, 2013 07:25
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Who is out busting rear end on the major work next to I-80 in Nevada? I know some of you guys were bidding on those jobs. Poor fuckers are going to get snowed on.
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May 6, 2014 08:57
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B4Ctom1 posted:In 45 minutes, the Bigboy is scheduled to arrive at its final destination in Cheyenne to much fanfare, but I am too tired to go see it, and I am scheduled to work again in a few hours and cannot afford to miss the trip. Was the move easier to do because they are holding all traffic in Nevada at night?
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May 8, 2014 19:32
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Seems your hobos declared war on Winnemucca last night and tried to burn the place down. http://silverpinyon.com/index.php/breaking-news/fires/4196-fast-moving-brush-fire-lights-up-nighttime-sky So it's going to be a bit ugly for awhile there. How many horses do you guys smack between Fernley and Reno anyway? I've counted like 6 different herds in that area, and I'm sure I'm missing some.
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Oct 21, 2014 21:11
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http://elkodaily.com/news/man-killed-in-train-vs-vehicle-accident/article_ab990476-f3ce-50a8-a567-7220d7bb117c.html ELKO -- A man died Friday morning when his vehicle was struck by a train near Elburz, according to the Elko County Sheriff's Office. Detective Sgt. Nick Czegledi said it appears the man was in his truck and got stuck on the train tracks. He was actively trying to get off the tracks when his truck was hit by a train, Czegledi said. Although the man has not been identified, it is believed he is not from this area. He is a white male. “If you get stuck on the tracks, get off right away,” Czegledi said. “Don’t try to get unstuck. It’s your life or your car.”
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Oct 31, 2014 19:55
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:I hope that at the very end there was single flat car loaded with a single pallet of kleenex. That's almost as bad as me hauling a single broken floor buffer from Silver City NM to DFW TX. God Bless Walmart.
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bytebark posted:Since winter is getting close: http://video.pbs.org/video/2365218614/ http://www.wplives.org/index.html These guys used to let you drive one if I remember right.
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Nov 14, 2014 04:43
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MassivelyBuckNegro posted:http://www.amazon.com/American-Rail...rican+railroads It's like this is drat near everything that Uncle Sam gets his fingers in. Complete clusterfuck.
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Dec 29, 2014 22:20
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BrokenKnucklez posted:Well, you know those electronic brakes are SSSSOOOOO reliable Glad you fuckers are having the same fun as we are.
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MrChips posted:That's the way I see it, the trucker shortage is exactly the same as the pilot shortage...it's not a personnel shortage, it's a pay shortage. There just aren't enough idiots out there willing to work for the money given. Yeap. There are companies out there right now trying to pay drivers .25 cents a mile. That's less than they paid drivers back in the '80s. I read somewhere that in the UK, they are now begging Pollacks to come work for them in the UK. MassivelyBuckNegro posted:That's how economics works. The pay isn't worth the lifestyle, risks or personal liability. Its the kind of job first generation immigrants and really poor Americans do(purely anecdotal observation). IE Port work. Not many people want to deal with Union slowdowns and loving idiots climbing over your rig and driving in LA or Oakland for the money.
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May 31, 2015 04:46
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meltie posted:Oh crap, that looks like a brake failure on the truck Icy road?
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Jun 1, 2015 19:14
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SybilVimes posted:You mean europe where we try to minimize the number of crossings, even if that means spending more on building bridges and underpasses, which invariably means that the profits of the RoW companies goes down? I dare you to try and count the at grade crossings along...say the Vale OR route to the sea. Which most of those you couldn't tunnel, and the bridges would have to be impressive because EQUIPMENT.
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Jun 9, 2015 18:10
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BrokenKnucklez posted:Well look at the metro link crash. 1 man in the cab.... I mean I know 2 eyes can gently caress up just as bad as 1 set... But it can at least reduce. As long as the second isn't a complete retard, like Air France Flight 447.
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Jun 16, 2015 01:14
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BrokenKnucklez posted:Have you met the people I work with? Same poo poo different name on the door I bet. WOOP WOOP STALL WOOP WOOP STALL. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECeKM1OvgYU Oh god the fuckin' airbus is annoying as gently caress. Don't they get mad when you put a toolbox on the "are you awake button"?
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MassivelyBuckNegro posted:I hear grumblings from my yard jobs, but they're insulated from the retardation to an extent I guess. So you guys work for CR England now or what?
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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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