Timmyb Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Did anybody catch the train derailment on the news? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Yes. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Swishy Posted November 19, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 19, 2018 Well if U gunna have a FU U might az well make it a good n LOL cya 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 How does a train engineer live down getting out of a locomotive without engaging the brakes? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gxbxc Posted November 19, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 19, 2018 A train engineer lives it down by learning to say these simple words"WOULD YOU LIKE FRIES WITH THAT ". 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 3 hours ago, kscarbel2 said: How does a train engineer live down getting out of a locomotive without engaging the brakes? Watch the movie Unstoppable. It was made from a true story about a runaway in Pennsylvania. They make a comment at the end about that engineer working for a fast food restaurant. A favorite scene from a movie is Silver Streak, the train is coming into town and the engineer gets thrown from the train by the bad guys and the cops ask "Who's driving the train?" and they show a toolbox on the dead man pedal. Of course the train crashes through Grand Central Station after the bad guys get shot and no one left to remove the toolbox. Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry T Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 44 minutes ago, Freightrain said: Watch the movie Unstoppable. It was made from a true story about a runaway in Pennsylvania. They make a comment at the end about that engineer working for a fast food restaurant. Actually a runaway in Ohio, Starting out in Walbridge (Toledo area). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Thanks Terry. The movie pretty much put it all in PA. Artist license I suppose when it came to scripting it. I didn't recall the actual event details, though now that you mention it I do recall a story in Ohio a few years back. 1 Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayseed Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 8 hours ago, kscarbel2 said: How does a train engineer live down getting out of a locomotive without engaging the brakes? Good question.. https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/bhp-reveals-details-of-train-derailment-but-questions-remain-20181116-p50glo.html Quote "Be who you are and say what you feel...Because those that matter...don't mind...And those that mind....don't matter." - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kscarbel2 Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 3 hours ago, Hayseed said: Good question.. https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/bhp-reveals-details-of-train-derailment-but-questions-remain-20181116-p50glo.html If I was the driver and the train started rolling, I would have pulled myself onto the nearest car and headed forward back to the engine double-time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxbxc Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Was the train in Ohio like just an engine and it went thur several dozen crossings before any one noticed there was no one in the cab ,but the police were able to board it as it was traveling slow compared to the unstoppable movie . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Freightrain Posted November 20, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 20, 2018 KENTON, Ohio (CNN) -- A runaway freight train that barreled through 66 miles of northwestern Ohio with no one aboard was halted safely Tuesday by a railroad worker who jumped onto the moving train and pulled its brake. The 47-car CSX train was slowed down by another engine in a coupling maneuver.May 16, 2001 The movie made it much more dramatic, of course. 3 Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayseed Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/12/bhp-runaway-train-crash-workers-applied-brakes-to-wrong-train 1 Quote "Be who you are and say what you feel...Because those that matter...don't mind...And those that mind....don't matter." - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Pretty incredible lotta damage wouldn’t want to be him...bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 https://www.dailyinterlake.com/lifestyle/20181018/the_ghosts_of_a_nyack_disaster_and_more_tales_in_new_fraley_book Ive read the the book in the article and it goes into depth about the train wreck. Sounds like the engineers forgot to set the brakes and that resulted in the runaway train but the jury found no negligence which sounds like a farce to me. Quote The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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