Anyone Else Fascinated By Old Locomotives?

[Dave91TM]

Looks like a tressle collapse rather than a derail

Maybe, but a derail is easier blamed on the railway company, whereas collapse is a federal infrastructure problem and the pollution is the Environments problem. Typical isn't it?

 

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[Dave91TM]

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Engine looks to be a "Big Block", stick that in yer corvette(LOL)

 

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[OL Yeller]

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Those supports look substandard for the height, width, weight carried, distance travelled, etc, etc. You would think they would have got an engineer's perspective before slapping that together

 

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Agree Don it looks like spindles holding the structure up. Wonder how long it lasted?

 

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[Dave91TM]

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The pros and cons? Pro, the wires and pole appear to have helped stop the engine. Con, the wires are probably carrying 18,000 volts.

 

[Pep]

Those supports look substandard for the height, width, weight carried, distance travelled, etc, etc. You would think they would have got an engineer's perspective before slapping that together

Longer than this structure did... It was on a lowboy truck when it started its excavation of the bridge griders with a complete incompetent driver at the wheel.

 

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That's gotsta be photochopped!

 

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@Murray20c8 Apparently the accident was caused by brake failure as they were switching one locomotive for another. It has happened before. I will try to find the quote from the picture but don't hold out much hope. I have had the pic for a while.

 

[Murray20c8]

@Murray20c8 Apparently the accident was caused by brake failure as they were switching one locomotive for another. It has happened before. I will try to find the quote from the picture but don't hold out much hope. I have had the pic for a while.

I'll take your word for it, but the people underneath look far to casual! I wouldn't be anywhere near that thing! LOL

 

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Interesting to learn location of this crash..... BTW Bay of Quinte is west of Kingston off Lake Ontario.

 

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