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(14,378 posts)hunter
(38,327 posts)That track looks twisted.
taterguy
(29,582 posts)Maybe he was going too straight on straight track out in the middle of East Bumfuck. That's just weird.
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)How are you supposed to know he was out all night chasing some sweet little caboose?
frogmarch
(12,158 posts)It might not have been MFM's fault, ( ) since there are many causes of derailments. Flangeless wheels make it easier for the train to follow curves in the track, but they also make it easier for the train to come off the track.
Mr. froggy was a BNSF locomotive engineer for many years. Here's a picture of one of his derailments in Wyoming. The train was going about 30 mph. A rockslide was the culprit...or should I say, a big boulder from the slide that struck the locomotive. No serious injuries. (The only time Mr. froggy was ever injured at work was when he was flagging traffic at a crossing and a guy in a sportscar decided to ignore him - and ran over him. He had tire marks on his legs for weeks and limped for a while, but he had no broken bones.)
siligut
(12,272 posts)What a wreck, glad everyone was OK. Interesting story and pic. I am also surprised that Mr. froggy survived getting run over with just some tire marks to show for it. Stupid sports car.
frogmarch
(12,158 posts)was never found. None of the train crew got the car's license number.
Nowadays I think someone might have thought to photograph the tread marks and use the patterns to try to ID the car, but no suspect was developed, so it probably wouldn't have helped anyway.
Yes, stupid sports car.
I'm glad Mr. froggy made it home.
frogmarch
(12,158 posts)So am I. Whew!
BiggJawn
(23,051 posts)September 2011
Ptah
(33,037 posts)I meant no disrespect.
BiggJawn
(23,051 posts)here on Teh Intertubes. I'll see an interesting engine on the CSX line across the street or track down where the AMTRAK engine had been before it came through.
Some of those numbers get reported several times a week.
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)Tyrs WolfDaemon
(2,289 posts)MiddleFingerMom
(25,163 posts)tinymontgomery
(2,584 posts)Best post of the day for me.
EvolveOrConvolve
(6,452 posts)krispos42
(49,445 posts)...when the cops showed up, he said "Wait, the train really is tilting to the left? I thought that was the gin!"