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From here.
I've seen similar pictures in the past.
I did find the comments on the "from here" link extremely amusing, though...
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I wonder if that's from the set of pictures that were taken from a CSX malfunction a number of years ago. Those pics made the rounds a good while back. Someone had a lot of explaining to do.
Rail burns do happen from time to time .... in the pictures that open this thread it would appear that one engine remained under power. If this occurred on a single engine train then the Engineman is totally at fault, however, looking at the territory it would appear to be mountainous and single engine trains are rarely operated. It is not unheard of for one engine in a consist to accurately respond to the commands from the lead locomotive....most likely due to a defective MU cable where one or more circuits within the cable do not transmit the intended control command. In the pictured incident, it would appear that the train stopped (stalled) and one 6-axle locomotive continued operating as if the train were still moving...with up to 12 units being allowed in a locomotive consist, the engine that did the damage could have been almost 1000 feet from the lead locomotive and might not have been heard operating in a manner that was inconsistent with all the other locomotives in the consist.
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BaltACD Rail burns do happen from time to time .... in the pictures that open this thread it would appear that one engine remained under power. If this occurred on a single engine train then the Engineman is totally at fault, however, looking at the territory it would appear to be mountainous and single engine trains are rarely operated. It is not unheard of for one engine in a consist to accurately respond to the commands from the lead locomotive....most likely due to a defective MU cable where one or more circuits within the cable do not transmit the intended control command. In the pictured incident, it would appear that the train stopped (stalled) and one 6-axle locomotive continued operating as if the train were still moving...with up to 12 units being allowed in a locomotive consist, the engine that did the damage could have been almost 1000 feet from the lead locomotive and might not have been heard operating in a manner that was inconsistent with all the other locomotives in the consist.
Maybe it's the railroad version of a speed bump.
this could also be from a remote control unit, especially if no one was on the engine while it was trying to move a long cut of cars.
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