Anyone Else Fascinated By Old Locomotives?

[Dave91TM]

So that's where they got the idea of ALL Rim...NO Tire

yes ,but they missed one minor detail....there ain't no potholes on a railway line!

 

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[Black 03 Z06]

Train Wreck you say? Ok. Happened last night in Kansas City, Mo. and caught on camera by Virtual Railfans equipment.

 

[Pep]

And that kids.. is todays lesson on inertia.

 

[Rruuff Day]

You just knew he was taking that corner too fast....

 

[dyoung]

Must be a daily occurrence ,,,notice that the front end loader driver at the end of the clip didn't even stop to look at the mess.

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Those "spine" or empty lumber cars seem to be in a lot of mishaps. There was a big one at "Horseshoe Curve" in PA this summer, the cars were lying in the ditch next to the track for some time. They have to be loaded equally on both sides or they can tip over even in the yard.

 

[Black 03 Z06]

Oshawa in the early days

 

[Dave91TM]

Train Wreck you say? Ok. Happened last night in Kansas City, Mo. and caught on camera by Virtual Railfans equipment.

Houston.... we have a problem.

 

[Pep]

Never... gets... old...

 

[Black 03 Z06]

 

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[Rruuff Day]

And shortly after, adjustable shutter speed was invented...

 

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My home town, Tecumseh, ON.

 

[Dave91TM]

My home town, Tecumseh, ON.

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Tecumseh...shortest rail line ever !