What happens when a train with a HOT wheel stops on a wooden bridge!

[Aharami]

oh dang!!

 

[acemcmac]

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: Eli
Obviously the pics are real, but I call shens on the story.

Sorry Brutus. 😉

Brutuskend got it right. The Federal Railroad Administration records show this accident happened in April of 2002.

we still have a Federal Railroad Administration? That's sad 🙁

 

[Siva]

Originally posted by: acemcmac

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: Eli
Obviously the pics are real, but I call shens on the story.

Sorry Brutus. 😉

Brutuskend got it right. The Federal Railroad Administration records show this accident happened in April of 2002.

we still have a Federal Railroad Administration? That's sad 🙁

Por Que? Railroads are still an important part of the American landscape.

 

[slag]

Originally posted by: manohartvs
WOW
That makes me want to move to Sharon Springs, KS now.

??

What does Sharon Springs have to do with anything other than the fact its where the train decided to take a dump.

You make it sound like sharon springs had something to do with the train breaking down...

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: amdhunter
Thats crazy. I never would have imagine wooden bridges would exist for a train. Wood seems too fragile for such a task.

They used to be very common as they were the cheapest and quickest way to build crossings using the material at hand.

Wooden rail trestles.

 

[Leper Messiah]

weee...i'm surpised teh burning wood held up that long. At least it wasn't carrying natural gas or something like that.

 

[manohartvs]

Originally posted by: slag

Originally posted by: manohartvs
WOW
That makes me want to move to Sharon Springs, KS now.

??

What does Sharon Springs have to do with anything other than the fact its where the train decided to take a dump.

You make it sound like sharon springs had something to do with the train breaking down...

This is what made me say that...

"For those who believe nothing exciting ever happens in Kansas, except tornados and explosions, check this out "

 

[kranky]

Originally posted by: acemcmac

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: Eli
Obviously the pics are real, but I call shens on the story.

Sorry Brutus. 😉

Brutuskend got it right. The Federal Railroad Administration records show this accident happened in April of 2002.

we still have a Federal Railroad Administration? That's sad 🙁

Well, it is a $40 billion industry in the US. With gas prices going up, railroads are going to be even more important. Trains are 3x more fuel-efficient than trucks, and railroads are operating just about at capacity today.

 

[evetstech]

owned...the workers were probably thinking damn, i'm so fired....

 

[Injury]

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: acemcmac

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: Eli
Obviously the pics are real, but I call shens on the story.

Sorry Brutus. 😉

Brutuskend got it right. The Federal Railroad Administration records show this accident happened in April of 2002.

we still have a Federal Railroad Administration? That's sad 🙁

Well, it is a $40 billion industry in the US. With gas prices going up, railroads are going to be even more important. Trains are 3x more fuel-efficient than trucks, and railroads are operating just about at capacity today.

Not only that... but I doubt you'll see things such as a few thousand tons of coal transported by truck.

 

[Ronin]

Originally posted by: shimsham
stop that train

i want to get off

How could you bring that into this? That brings back WAY bad Vanilla Ice memories.

 

Originally posted by: shimsham
stop that train

i want to get off

lol

 

[kranky]

Originally posted by: Injury

Originally posted by: kranky
Well, it is a $40 billion industry in the US. With gas prices going up, railroads are going to be even more important. Trains are 3x more fuel-efficient than trucks, and railroads are operating just about at capacity today.

Not only that... but I doubt you'll see things such as a few thousand tons of coal transported by truck.

True. Coal makes up nearly half of the freight carried by US railroads.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: Eli
Obviously the pics are real, but I call shens on the story.

Sorry Brutus. 😉

Brutuskend got it right. The Federal Railroad Administration records show this accident happened in April of 2002.

Well, damn! :Q

pwn3d.

 

[pravi333]

wow!!! They noticed the small fire in the middle of the train & stopped it, but they didnt see the bridge catch fire & move the train?? 😕

 

[Ilmater]

Originally posted by: pravi333
wow!!! They noticed the small fire in the middle of the train & stopped it, but they didnt see the bridge catch fire & move the train?? 😕

You don't know much about trains, do you?

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: acemcmac

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: Eli
Obviously the pics are real, but I call shens on the story.

Sorry Brutus. 😉

Brutuskend got it right. The Federal Railroad Administration records show this accident happened in April of 2002.

we still have a Federal Railroad Administration? That's sad 🙁

Well, it is a $40 billion industry in the US. With gas prices going up, railroads are going to be even more important. Trains are 3x more fuel-efficient than trucks, and railroads are operating just about at capacity today.

The only thing that made long haul trucking at all competative with railroads is the fact that their infrastructure costs (highways) are born by the public while railroads have to pay to maintain their infrastructure which gets passed on in the shipping rates.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
A wooden bridge in the 21st century...

yeah thats what i was thinking ... especially wooden RAIL ROAD bridge

 

[labgeek]

Originally posted by: Eli
Obviously the pics are real, but I call shens on the story.

Sorry Brutus. 😉

Why?

Ever heard of a "Hot Box Detector"? It's a device the RR installs along the tracks to detect failed bearings, aka "Hot Bearing Detector"

http://content.honeywell.com/sensing/prodinfo/rail/technical/railglos.pdf

Hot Bearing Detector
See Hot Box Detector.

Hot Box
Term for an overheated wheel bearing (the grease ?box? overheating).

Hot Box Detector
Hot bearing detector, usually infrared, and placed at intervals on mainline track. System is activated (gated)
by a track-mounted wheel sensor.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Linflas

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: acemcmac

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: Eli
Obviously the pics are real, but I call shens on the story.

Sorry Brutus. 😉

Brutuskend got it right. The Federal Railroad Administration records show this accident happened in April of 2002.

we still have a Federal Railroad Administration? That's sad 🙁

Well, it is a $40 billion industry in the US. With gas prices going up, railroads are going to be even more important. Trains are 3x more fuel-efficient than trucks, and railroads are operating just about at capacity today.

The only thing that made long haul trucking at all competative with railroads is the fact that their infrastructure costs (highways) are born by the public while railroads have to pay to maintain their infrastructure which gets passed on in the shipping rates.

Hmmm.... Interesting....

 

[kranky]

Originally posted by: pravi333
wow!!! They noticed the small fire in the middle of the train & stopped it, but they didnt see the bridge catch fire & move the train?? 😕

The crew noticed smoke and stopped the train. However, these trains are very, very long and it was a half-mile walk for the crew to walk from the locomotive back to where the smoke was. By the time they got there, the bridge was on fire. The train was probably a mile long and only six cars were on the bridge. It was just their bad luck that the defective part which caused the fire ended up on the bridge when the train stopped.

 

[kranky]

Originally posted by: Linflas
The only thing that made long haul trucking at all competative with railroads is the fact that their infrastructure costs (highways) are born by the public while railroads have to pay to maintain their infrastructure which gets passed on in the shipping rates.

That's right. Airlines also benefit from government-built infrastructure.

 

[PimpJuice]

OMGWTFBBQ?

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: labgeek

Originally posted by: Eli
Obviously the pics are real, but I call shens on the story.

Sorry Brutus. 😉

Why?

Ever heard of a "Hot Box"? It's a device the RR installs along the tracks to detect failed bearings, aka "Hot Bearing Detector"

http://content.honeywell.com/sensing/prodinfo/rail/technical/railglos.pdf

Hot Bearing Detector
See Hot Box Detector.

Hot Box
Term for an overheated wheel bearing (the grease ?box? overheating).

Hot Box Detector
Hot bearing detector, usually infrared, and placed at intervals on mainline track. System is activated (gated)
by a track-mounted wheel sensor.

The reason I doubted the story was because of the way the bridge was on fire. The whole damn thing was enfulged.. I was failing to see how that would happen based on the story.

 

[Armitage]

Originally posted by: acemcmac

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: Eli
Obviously the pics are real, but I call shens on the story.

Sorry Brutus. 😉

Brutuskend got it right. The Federal Railroad Administration records show this accident happened in April of 2002.

we still have a Federal Railroad Administration? That's sad 🙁

Eh?? What's sad about it? We should have more railroads, not fewer.