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hey missouri.. heres some food for thought <br /> <br />i was picking up my TRains magazine today at Magazine world.. when i couldn't belive there was an "Idiots only" magazine for sale, and on page 78, there is a picture of a train, and facving that (79) there is the following statement: <br />"London, Ontario - A man, who wishes to remain unidentified, mirely escaped with his life. this is the story. His Car a 1991 Toyota Camry, Stalled on the tracks nerby London Ontario. Not far off Was a CP Locomotive, bearing down at him at exactly 58 MPH. The CP Conductor at the time, who's name cannot be mentioned, Sq the car at the last minute and immediately applied the breakes. The GE AC6000CW responded immediately, it was about 1/4 of a mile away, and had reached a speed of 45 MPH.. due to its relitively light load, by the time it would hit the corssing.. The man inside the car wasted no time.. he reached in the back seat...and pulled out his daughters minature pink Umbrella.. to fend off the oncomming train.. why he didn't realize is that this act.. was going to save his life..The umbrella absorbed the entire force of the impact.. and stopped the entire train dead in it's heels. One on looker said he actually saw the back wheels of the locomotive lift off the ground montarily.. before crashing back down.. <br />Scientists were unavailable for a comment. <br />Taken from: June 2003 - "Idiots only" <br /> <br />So missouri, i was wondering, can you test this theory out for me.. i'll tell you where to pick up the pink umbrella... remeber, a few additional scaratches MAY appear on your car, if you don't extend the umbrella to a sufficent length in order to stop the train.
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