Turnout speed..........

[Anonymous]

Pretty cool hearing "sampson," "stockrail," and "springfrog," come up again, Mudchicken. I worked for ABC Rail Prod/ABC NACO/Racor/Abex. Does any of these ring a bell?
Ken

[Anonymous]

Pretty cool hearing "sampson," "stockrail," and "springfrog," come up again, Mudchicken. I worked for ABC Rail Prod/ABC NACO/Racor/Abex. Does any of these ring a bell?
Ken

[edblysard]

I dont think the height of the person would make much difference. It would all depend on..
ouch= toe+ rail+rocksX2 if someone is watching divided by density of skull.
But with some of the guys I work with, it wouldnt matter how deep the dent went. Nothing in there to hurt in the first place.[:D]
Stay Frosty,
Ed

QUOTE: Originally posted by kenneo

Gives "trip" a whole new meaning. Ed, does this now mean that a 5 foot person falling victim to your foumula would ge a dented forhead and a massive non-migrain headache? How would that alter your formula?

(big wide cheesy grin!)

[edblysard]

I dont think the height of the person would make much difference. It would all depend on..
ouch= toe+ rail+rocksX2 if someone is watching divided by density of skull.
But with some of the guys I work with, it wouldnt matter how deep the dent went. Nothing in there to hurt in the first place.[:D]
Stay Frosty,
Ed

QUOTE: Originally posted by kenneo

Gives "trip" a whole new meaning. Ed, does this now mean that a 5 foot person falling victim to your foumula would ge a dented forhead and a massive non-migrain headache? How would that alter your formula?

(big wide cheesy grin!)

[mudchicken]

Ironken: As in Meridian Rail now?

[mudchicken]

Ironken: As in Meridian Rail now?

[kenneo]

QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard

I dont think the height of the person would make much difference. It would all depend on..
ouch= toe+ rail+rocksX2 if someone is watching divided by density of skull.
But with some of the guys I work with, it wouldnt matter how deep the dent went. Nothing in there to hurt in the first place.[:D]
Stay Frosty,
Ed

QUOTE: Originally posted by kenneo

Gives "trip" a whole new meaning. Ed, does this now mean that a 5 foot person falling victim to your foumula would ge a dented forhead and a massive non-migrain headache? How would that alter your formula?

(big wide cheesy grin!)

Well, I guess we write it this way --- ??

OUCH!! = (toe + rail + rocks) / Density of Skull

EMBARASSMENT = OUCH!! X Density of matter within skull X 2.

What a party at the Yard!! When do you think a new drink of Karo-on-the-Rocks with little-white-pellets will become available? What would they call it??

I've been to a few parties like that. Some were better than others, but I can't remember any that were fun. But one was really funny. About 1976 or 77 we dumped several cars of a pig over into the canyon at Wildcat Creek. Two cars, one of tuna and the other of Coors in cans burst open about 700 feet down. Good old #1 Market sent the Bulls up to make sure nobody got the beer, but they couldn't stop the bears. They would show up, open the tuna cans and scarf up and when they got thirsty, open a few brewskys and satisfy their thirst. The Bulls tried to stop them, at first. They were never able to yard the cars up. They just left them for the bears to finish off, and they are there to this day.

[kenneo]

QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard

I dont think the height of the person would make much difference. It would all depend on..
ouch= toe+ rail+rocksX2 if someone is watching divided by density of skull.
But with some of the guys I work with, it wouldnt matter how deep the dent went. Nothing in there to hurt in the first place.[:D]
Stay Frosty,
Ed

QUOTE: Originally posted by kenneo

Gives "trip" a whole new meaning. Ed, does this now mean that a 5 foot person falling victim to your foumula would ge a dented forhead and a massive non-migrain headache? How would that alter your formula?

(big wide cheesy grin!)

Well, I guess we write it this way --- ??

OUCH!! = (toe + rail + rocks) / Density of Skull

EMBARASSMENT = OUCH!! X Density of matter within skull X 2.

What a party at the Yard!! When do you think a new drink of Karo-on-the-Rocks with little-white-pellets will become available? What would they call it??

I've been to a few parties like that. Some were better than others, but I can't remember any that were fun. But one was really funny. About 1976 or 77 we dumped several cars of a pig over into the canyon at Wildcat Creek. Two cars, one of tuna and the other of Coors in cans burst open about 700 feet down. Good old #1 Market sent the Bulls up to make sure nobody got the beer, but they couldn't stop the bears. They would show up, open the tuna cans and scarf up and when they got thirsty, open a few brewskys and satisfy their thirst. The Bulls tried to stop them, at first. They were never able to yard the cars up. They just left them for the bears to finish off, and they are there to this day.

[Mookie]

Eric - I read that and actually understood it! All except the # 1 Market - ?

Jen

[Mookie]

Eric - I read that and actually understood it! All except the # 1 Market - ?

Jen

[mudchicken]

EsPee

[mudchicken]

EsPee

[kenneo]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

Eric - I read that and actually understood it! All except the # 1 Market - ?

Jen

Number 1 Market Plaza, San Francisco, CA ... HQ for Southern Pacific until the Yellow Peril came along.

Remember their "old" slogan -- "We can handle it". Well, we used to say, "Yep, they sure can. They handle it, and handle it, and handle it, and handle it and when they get tired of handleing it, they turn it over to us (SP) and we do the job right". [:D][:D][:D]

[kenneo]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

Eric - I read that and actually understood it! All except the # 1 Market - ?

Jen

Number 1 Market Plaza, San Francisco, CA ... HQ for Southern Pacific until the Yellow Peril came along.

Remember their "old" slogan -- "We can handle it". Well, we used to say, "Yep, they sure can. They handle it, and handle it, and handle it, and handle it and when they get tired of handleing it, they turn it over to us (SP) and we do the job right". [:D][:D][:D]

[kenneo]

QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken



KenEO: Not trying to "blow smoke" and can understand the "ballpark" reference 7 or so posts back...What is frightening is the people that take stuff in this forum and others and think this stuff is gospel. If I had a nickel for every time I corrected the work of a non-railroad licensed engineer or surveyor that has encountered a railroad, I could retire and live off the royalties. Some of the assumptions, misconceptions and mistakes should be published in Ripley's. (Some still have us in stitches, they are that bizzare! Others make me concerned about my chosen profession and the public's safety)...Like Ed, just trying to keep things "somewhere in the middle".... We all get to learn a little and have a little fun here.

No offence taken and none intended. Just that after reading your reply, I got to thinking about what and how I had written in that post, so went back to refresh my mind. Saw the problems you were talking about and thought I had better fix them. [:I]

I know what you are talking about engineers (non-RR licensed). Part of my job for the shortline was to take the property maps and track and right-of-way charts and then resurvey the boundries and mark them. Now this was simple meets and bounds from supposedly known points, well marked, and was off real RR papers. Oh my, Oh my.[V]

[kenneo]

QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken



KenEO: Not trying to "blow smoke" and can understand the "ballpark" reference 7 or so posts back...What is frightening is the people that take stuff in this forum and others and think this stuff is gospel. If I had a nickel for every time I corrected the work of a non-railroad licensed engineer or surveyor that has encountered a railroad, I could retire and live off the royalties. Some of the assumptions, misconceptions and mistakes should be published in Ripley's. (Some still have us in stitches, they are that bizzare! Others make me concerned about my chosen profession and the public's safety)...Like Ed, just trying to keep things "somewhere in the middle".... We all get to learn a little and have a little fun here.

No offence taken and none intended. Just that after reading your reply, I got to thinking about what and how I had written in that post, so went back to refresh my mind. Saw the problems you were talking about and thought I had better fix them. [:I]

I know what you are talking about engineers (non-RR licensed). Part of my job for the shortline was to take the property maps and track and right-of-way charts and then resurvey the boundries and mark them. Now this was simple meets and bounds from supposedly known points, well marked, and was off real RR papers. Oh my, Oh my.[V]