Montana Rail Link 23, Elk 0. Details follows:
http://helenair.com/news/natural-resources/train-wipes-out-elk-east-of-helena-warden-says-there/article_dae34ab3-4011-5b7d-8b9c-ba1553057450.html
Question, what is the normal procedures in animal vs. train for braking? Big-hole, control application, or duck and keep going?
http://cs.trains.com/trn/f/111/p/253314/2829532.aspx#2829532
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
As usual, the article was informative but the comments were enlightening. Obviously, there is at least one reader who can't wrap his mind around the realities of physics as applied to moving trains - and has a, "Don't bother me with facts, " mindset.
The casualties among the elk were those inside the clearance diagram of the locomotive. We get no clue from the article about the nose count of the entire herd. By the time that photo was taken the survivors had re-formed and moved on.
It's unfortunate, but true, that just about the only thing that could tangle with a train on approximately equal terms is an oceangoing ship the size of a WWII heavy cruiser. Anything capable of movement on land is at an immediate disadvantage.
Chuck (Who actually learned physics in high school)
Mining trucks. I've seen a train loose against a 240 ton truck. Totaled the locomotive. The operator ducked and was not hurt. The SW1500, not so good.
Back in 1988 an excursion train on the New York, Susquehanna & Western Rwy hit a big quarry truck. The truck got twisted and so did the front of the lead locomotive. The locomotive was a B40-8. The joke for the next several months was a "Bash-8 40B".
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