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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by tree68 Signal circuits require a direct short between the rails. A wooden garage isn't going to provide that. Even a steel building would be questionable - witness comments in other threads about hi-rail vehicles not tripping the circuits. Assuming no casualties, though, the comments in the cab of a train approaching said garage would be worth recording... <Say, CSX, did the DS say anything about putting this train in the garage?> <Why, no LC, he didn't. Probably ought to stop then...> <This'll be a good tale down a the diner!> [/quote] Since you brought me into this... I used to know an old head Conductor, now long retired, who was known as the guy responsible for bringing down the last old steel overhead bridge on a certain section of the former Erie in NJ. Apparently one night while heading out with a stack train of double stacks someone forgot to mention that this train was over height for this particular section that was being used as a detour for some bridge work. The overhead bridge was dislocated from its abuttments by the train and... Early the next morning an NJT commuter train was passing thru when it came around a curve and immediately went into emergency. The crew got on the radio with the obligatory "Emergency, Emergency, Emergency" and when the DS came on and asked why, the Engineer responded, "We're in emergency due to a bridge problem at milepost 71." The DS retorted "there is no bridge at MP71". To which the excited and frustrated Engineer responded, "THERE IS NOW!" LC
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