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PNWRMNM
Member since
May 2003
From: US
2,593 posts
Posted by
PNWRMNM
on Monday, June 14, 2004 2:02 AM
If they are running 50-60 MPH it is not a very sharp curve.
Mac
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mudchicken
Member since
December 2001
From: Denver / La Junta
10,820 posts
Posted by
mudchicken
on Friday, June 11, 2004 2:33 PM
A tornado will get the trailer park before the trains do....you related to K.P. Harrier somehow?
Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west
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FJ and G
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August 2003
6,434 posts
Track hazards
Posted by
FJ and G
on Friday, June 11, 2004 1:59 PM
There's a nasty curve on NS in Gainesville VA where I live. Tracks are about 30 feet atop an embankment. Directly below is a trailer park. Also nearby is a propane company and 3 gas stations. Several trains have derailed in the last few years. One took out a gas station, severely injuring or killing one of the workers. Another time, tank cars loaded with propane overturned there, fortunately at very slow speed. Trains routinely run thru here doing 50 or 60 mph.
Just a matter of time.
Dave Vergun
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