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Hi All, I know many railfans like myself use radio scanners. Some of us are even lucky enough to have chatted with railroaders, or have friends that are railroaders. Some forum members are bona fide railroaders.[:D] Here is the topic of the thread: What is the most interesting story you have been told by a railroader, the most interesting radio conversation you have heard on the scanner, or the most interesting story you have ever told as a railroader? My entry is detailed below. I heard this on my scanner a couple of summers ago, around 11:00pm. Admiral Crew: beeeeeeep-boop(call tones) Dispatcher: {TD3-Troy, go ahead} Crew: Ah, TD3-Troy, um, this is 700, ah, we're ah, we're in emergency at Andersonville......we ah, we hit something, ah I think it was a propane bottle, and ah, it blew up. Dispatcher: {700, are you guys all right?} Crew: Ah, yeah TD3-Troy, we're OK, just a little shook up, um, we need the fire department, there's a grass fire goin'. Dispatcher: {OK 700, I'l call the firemen right now, are you sure you guys are OK, no injuries?} Crew: Um, no injuries, like I said, we're just shook up a little. Tommy is checkin' on the damage. Dispatcher: {OK 700, you said it was a propane tank?} Crew: Ah, yeah TD3-Troy, it looked like one of those hundred-pounders they use for the switch heaters....we had just come around the curve after Andersonville Road, and there it was....somebody put it right in between the tracks....Tommy saw it first and hollered for me to shoot' em. I was dumpin' air before I even knew what was going on.....then this big flash and a boom. Ah, hang on TD3-Troy, Tommy's callin' me. Ah TD3-Troy, Tommy says it doesn't look to bad. He says the track looks OK. Some damage to the lead unit. We lost a ditch light, and the plows bent up, and the paint's singed a little bit, but that's about it. The other unit looks OK. All in all, not too bad. Dispatcher: {OK 700, the firemen are on the way. I'm putting in a call to the boss. You guys sit tight and try to relax.} Crew: Ah, OK, TD3-Troy, we'll try.
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