the train I am on broke a wheel...it broke a ******* wheel

[Goosemaster]

how often does that happen...😛


And they want to take it out like that😛 (57m trip from D.C. to Manassas)


this should be good:evil:


I do have internet access which is saving me...'




*whispers quickly amoung the angry passenger "EVDO ftw😉"*

 

[Ns1]

lol what the fuck, broke a wheel? how the hell does that happen

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
lol what the fuck, broke a wheel? how the hell does that happen

it got here about ~5-10min late (big thing in train time)

parked behidn the 6pm train..and sat there...even as the 6pm train left...

then we realized the the engineers werre not even in it..


so they start it up and moved it into place....then the conductor



edit: FUk.,.,,...have to switch trains:|

 

[Goosemaster]

they turned off the aC :|

 

[tranceport]

How is the new train working out for you?

 

[SSSnail]

Did someone let the air out of the tires? I hate when that happens. 😛

 

[wheresmybacon]

Someone get on the horn with Dagny Taggart!

 

[Goosemaster]

on another train...not leaving for another 8min:|

 

[jme5343]

Happens fairly often on freight trains. No sure how often on commuter trains, but I think that would be consistent. Beats a derailment 😉

 

[Goosemaster]

the conductor gave us TMI too...

"well we want to use the eingine in the back but it's backwards so we can't do that...we'll keep you updated"

few minutes later.....


"folks...go to the other track..this train isn't going anywhere."

To make things worse it was their nice train with the tables and everything🙁


at least my internship ends on Tuesday🙂

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: jmebonner
Happens fairly often on freight trains. No sure how often on commuter trains, but I think that would be consistent. Beats a derailment 😉

no sh!t....no fvkign way I want them to disregard all the "alarms going off " as the conductor put it...

damn..jsut got to the first station...these people have been OUTSIDE for liek an hour....damn...we had A/C

 

[RaiderJ]

They don't carry a spare? On the Oregon Trail I always bought a couple just for situations like this one. And lots of bullets in case you needed to hunt. Damn squirrels!

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: RaiderJ
They don't carry a spare? On the Oregon Trail I always bought a couple just for situations like this one. And lots of bullets in case you needed to hunt. Damn squirrels!

they probably lost it when they tried to ford the river

 

[MrDudeMan]

You whine a lot. So you had to sit there for an extra 20 minutes. BFD.

 

[Mrvile]

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan
You whine a lot. So you had to sit there for an extra 20 minutes. BFD.

Yeah but he has internet. It's pretty much obligatory.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis

Originally posted by: RaiderJ
They don't carry a spare? On the Oregon Trail I always bought a couple just for situations like this one. And lots of bullets in case you needed to hunt. Damn squirrels!

they probably lost it when they tried to ford the river

At least he hasn't died of dysentery.

ZV

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Mrvile

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan
You whine a lot. So you had to sit there for an extra 20 minutes. BFD.

Yeah but he has internet. It's pretty much obligatory.

exactly. it was my duty to put on my "look at me!" hat on😉

seriously though...all ended well...

strangely the US Army Band was playing at a pavilion near my station so I heard them before I left....

jazz + musica cubana😎

 

[GreenGhost]

This one did not end well. (broken wheel; there's a "Seconds from Disaster" about it.

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9806/04/germany.train/

 

[Nerva]

Originally posted by: hungfarover
Someone get on the horn with Dagny Taggart!

🙂 better not be the comet...

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: RaiderJ
They don't carry a spare? On the Oregon Trail I always bought a couple just for situations like this one. And lots of bullets in case you needed to hunt. Damn squirrels!

LMAO

 

[dabuddha]

VRE?

 

[sjwaste]

Originally posted by: hungfarover
Someone get on the horn with Dagny Taggart!

She's done bailing out her brother, man.

 

[ForumMaster]

Originally posted by: GreenGhost
This one did not end well. (broken wheel; there's a "Seconds from Disaster" about it.

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9806/04/germany.train/

true but as i recall from that episode, they eventually decided that it was the fault of the company cause one of the engineers didn't alert the management about the bad wheel. it was a bit lopsided. this caused metal fatigue at the speeds that the ICE travels at. thus, the wheel broke.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: dabuddha
VRE?

yeah

Originally posted by: ForumMaster

Originally posted by: GreenGhost
This one did not end well. (broken wheel; there's a "Seconds from Disaster" about it.

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9806/04/germany.train/

true but as i recall from that episode, they eventually decided that it was the fault of the company cause one of the engineers didn't alert the management about the bad wheel. it was a bit lopsided. this caused metal fatigue at the speeds that the ICE travels at. thus, the wheel broke.