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BNSF 3838 and UP 765 almost crash into each other...... {Link is Fix}

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BNSF 3838 and UP 765 almost crash into each other...... {Link is Fix}
Posted by chefjavier on Saturday, January 19, 2008 8:08 PM

Who's at fault?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xMQ7mHJSiOA

 

Princeless!

 

 

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Posted by Lord Atmo on Sunday, January 20, 2008 2:44 PM
 chefjavier wrote:

Princeless!

 

there ya go... 

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Posted by snagletooth on Sunday, January 20, 2008 3:23 PM
Am I missing something here, or is it the post?
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Posted by espeefoamer on Sunday, January 20, 2008 3:42 PM
I clicked on that and all I got was a box to add my own post.Question [?]
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Posted by snagletooth on Sunday, January 20, 2008 3:49 PM
Yea, me too. Then looked at some other posts and he did the same thing. He fixed those, guess he hasn't gotten around to this one. The guy just made a mistake, this isn't a joke thread.
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Posted by wabash1 on Sunday, January 20, 2008 5:59 PM
with out looking at the little video i can tell you nobody is at fault its one thats been posted before  its yard limits and running on guts or restricted speed ( you choose ) you stop short of hitting .
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Posted by arkosel on Sunday, January 20, 2008 6:15 PM
anyone else think it was possibly staged by the engineers for the video taping rail fan???  just a thought
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Posted by chefjavier on Monday, January 21, 2008 8:03 AM
I am sorry for the confusion.Banged Head [banghead] Please, try again and enjoy!
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Posted by CNW 6000 on Monday, January 21, 2008 12:46 PM
You gotta admit in the heavily choreographed world of railroads this was pretty amusing.  Thankfully they didn't hit each other.

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Posted by SFbrkmn on Monday, January 21, 2008 3:36 PM

I'm guessing this took place @ Hutchinson,KS. UP trackage rights on BNSF starts & ends in Hutch. The 3838 is a GP7 slug that is the former SF 1329. From 1983-1985 the unit worked at Sand Creek yd in Newton then moved to North Wichita where it worked there until 2003 or 2004 then it became the regular switcher @ Way yd in Hutch. I had trouble downloading the video but probably wasn't much look at anyway.

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Posted by nssr9169 on Monday, January 21, 2008 4:53 PM
 chefjavier wrote:

Who's at fault?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xMQ7mHJSiOA

 

Princeless!

 

 

 

your answer is in the comments under the video, restricted speed, ie stop in half the length of your sight of vision, so i doubt that there is a fault there.

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Posted by chefjavier on Sunday, January 27, 2008 12:15 AM
I was wondering if the conductor needs to report the incident?Confused [%-)]
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Posted by wabash1 on Monday, January 28, 2008 8:28 AM

 chefjavier wrote:
I was wondering if the conductor needs to report the incident?Confused [%-)]

Yep was posted on here several months ago nobody at fault this stuff happens about every day some where. most crews no they will meet others at some point on thier territory performing work. its called running on guts, stopping in half the range of vision or in reality stopping before hitting the other train, just what in the world would you report? this is part of the job nothing happened , the other night i was out on a differant railroad doing a interchange and i ran up on thier switch engine dowing work because i was earlier than normal i caught them,  we both knew of each others preasants and when they told us what they was doing we waited our turn then followed them on down the track and made our set out, then back to my railroad. 

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Posted by chefjavier on Monday, January 28, 2008 7:45 PM
Thanks for the information..
Javier

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