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QUOTE: Originally posted by ironken QUOTE: Originally posted by ironhorseman i've seen it once. kansas city, june 2001, on the north side of town across the river on the way to the downtown airport. there's a railroad bridge there and one train was following the other, only they were each on seperate tracks. my dad was with me and he thought they were on the same track and were gonna crash, but they weren't, just an optical illusion. the tracks lead into a yard there in north kansas city. the two trains weren't technically side by side yet, but the one behind was going faster and eventually probably passed the other. i checked my website and don't have a photo of it - yet. if i can find that picture i'll put it up under 'freight trains' in the next couple days. That was the Hannibal bridge going into Murray yard, they were on 80 and 81 track. No real speed involved, they were both going to stop at the Ustic signal entering the yard, or one or the other or both will get a restricting going into the yard. Been held at that signal many times.
QUOTE: Originally posted by ironhorseman i've seen it once. kansas city, june 2001, on the north side of town across the river on the way to the downtown airport. there's a railroad bridge there and one train was following the other, only they were each on seperate tracks. my dad was with me and he thought they were on the same track and were gonna crash, but they weren't, just an optical illusion. the tracks lead into a yard there in north kansas city. the two trains weren't technically side by side yet, but the one behind was going faster and eventually probably passed the other. i checked my website and don't have a photo of it - yet. if i can find that picture i'll put it up under 'freight trains' in the next couple days.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by zardoz I panicked and threw the train into emergency. The conductor (who was already quite awake) looked at me like I was nuts (he may have been right). I felt like a real idiot and we both had a good laugh about it. The only non-funny part about the whole incident, was the crew on the passing train got real nervous when they heard our train's air dump as they were passing us. Usually when a moving train's brakes go into emergency, it's a bad sign.
QUOTE: Originally posted by nance69 I was taking a little Amtrak ride in the top of the passenger coach.As we were pulling out of town, it wasthree tracks wide, and Amtrak were in the center. As we were gaining speed, two double stack container trains came by, going the opposite direction at high speed. It gave me a funny feeling and my friend got sick. "Nance's" Bob, the 82 year old teenage railfan
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QUOTE: Originally posted by ksmith120 Hey skeets- Thanks for sharing your Vulcan Neck Pinch in the Middle of the Yard story. It made a reasonable day from a semi-dismal typical Monday. ksmith120
QUOTE: Originally posted by nkp779 A many times as I have been to Deshler I can't recall it happing their. But that don't mean it has not. I'm not their all the time like all the locals regulars are. But their is always plenty of action to see.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie QUOTE: Originally posted by skeets One incident does stay with me. Some years ago, I was working the yard. At one point, I was pulling a cut of cars through the yard as another engine was pushing a cut in the same direction from the other end on the next track. I had a SD-9, he had a GP-30. I pulled along side and looked in the cab. The brakie was running the motor and the hogger was playing fireboy! He was sitting in the left hand seat facing the brakie and didn't notice me. The tracks are quite close together there, so I reached across the gap and clamped my paw on his left shoulder! He stiffened up, not knowing WHAT had him. This was in the middle of a freight yard at 8 mph! I said, "Hello, Clyde!" The brakeman started roaring with laughter. I apologizes to Clyde later, because although he was young, if he had a ticker problem, we might have lost him. But it was FREAKIN' FUNNY! [8D] that's ornery! You got it! Mookie
QUOTE: Originally posted by skeets One incident does stay with me. Some years ago, I was working the yard. At one point, I was pulling a cut of cars through the yard as another engine was pushing a cut in the same direction from the other end on the next track. I had a SD-9, he had a GP-30. I pulled along side and looked in the cab. The brakie was running the motor and the hogger was playing fireboy! He was sitting in the left hand seat facing the brakie and didn't notice me. The tracks are quite close together there, so I reached across the gap and clamped my paw on his left shoulder! He stiffened up, not knowing WHAT had him. This was in the middle of a freight yard at 8 mph! I said, "Hello, Clyde!" The brakeman started roaring with laughter. I apologizes to Clyde later, because although he was young, if he had a ticker problem, we might have lost him. But it was FREAKIN' FUNNY!
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