must have been a government operation..
Anyone Else Fascinated By Old Locomotives?
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must have been a government operation..
Borrowed from the U.S. site.
Dominos. Topple one and they all go...
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There have to be SUPER DUPER flanges on these rail car wheels for this to work......obviously it does.
Here is a 4 minute video of four locomotives pulling a VERY LONG freight car train through the Tehachapi pass in California. Watch and you will be amazed at how it does this.
Back in day when we got snow in the winter!
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So where exactly did your rail come off the rails?
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Our investment in infrastructure is paying off...
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The math wizard figured as follows: tensile strength of 2 inch chain = 200lbs, max load of train car is 197000lbs. If we ignore the zeros on the train we get 197lbs. using 4 wraps of chain at 200 gives 800lbs or a factor of safety of 4... oughtta hold, and we can take the pillar right out!
I believe the crews on the railways were called chain gangs. Or was it bull gangs?
Dangerous goods placard says 1987 is ethanol or alcohol...better than oil if it lands in the river.
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Alcohol is miscible in water and burns with no flame. Not something I would want in the water near where I live.
I often put water (frozen) in alcohol and have not noticed any detrimental effects when imbibed.
I wasn't saying it was good for the river, only better than the problems oil would cause. The next train may be oil.
There are 2 bridges on the BNSF mainline from Seattle to Vancouver that I go under with my boat and each time I hope I get through before they fall down.
Real scary when you are under them with a train going over them.
There are 2 bridges on the BNSF mainline from Seattle to Vancouver that I go under with my boat and each time I hope I get through before they fall down.
Real scary when you are under them with a train going over them.
So...Alcohol in water = Bad. Water in Alcohol = Good ... Gotcha, carry on
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They might be able to run them down but passing is a whole other issue.
