Train hits a washout

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Train hits a washout

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30 seconds in the train bumps and grinds.
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That would suck. Definitely spill your coffee.

Thats why I use a travel mug.
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I bet the pucker factor was EXTREME HIGH
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OUCH!
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SGT. S wrote:That would suck. Definitely spill your coffee.

Thats why I use a travel mug.
I think your travel mug would meet its match, Aaron. Not just spilling, but FLYING, and falling. I guess washouts are the preferred way to stop trains. Seem to work better than plugging it. 30-40 mph to 0 in about 16 seconds...not bad (well...it is, really). That's a big kid roller coaster!
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I think someone need to clean their drawers out after that! :lol:
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Here's a runaway grain hopper car meeting a tied-down and unattended train. A grain facility was pushing the car with a front end loader and it got away from them. Happened in Nebraska. That's what I've gathered from a thread in another forum.

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That is the KYLE railroad, LTEX Tunnel Motor and a HLCX ex-DEEX SD40 for power. I photographed that railroad in November when i was out there.
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That grain car looked to be going 25 to 30 mph. Anyone know how far it was running away.
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LTEX #7488 SD45R got the corn bath - car had run over 8 miles at speeds of up to 60 mph. Employees were chasing it. Happened Wallace Ne
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CSX had several get away on the line from Lowell to Elmdale a number of years ago. They were doing an estimated 30-40 miles an hour thru wooded areas with roads with crossbucks. They slammed into a couple cars on the siding at Alden Nash and the lead car ended up in the middle of the street after going on the ground for a couple hundred feet. Again, lucky no one got hurt.
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Question: Why wouldn't runaway boxcars trigger the crossing signals?
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hoborich wrote:Question: Why wouldn't runaway boxcars trigger the crossing signals?
Good question. They still should have shunted the rails.
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