More on the story:
"Bell said the steam locomotive, about 60 to 70 years old, suffered some minor damage. There was one broken pipe and a slight leak in the coal car where water is stored to produce the steam."
In the Tender?
What sort of pipe breaks on a steam engine under a collision situation?
If I was at that crossing I would say KEWL steam train! and stop to take pictures, not beat it across.
Likely that the employer will not be happy at all with the situation.
How did the cars fare? I imagine the couplers had a good run in when the hit was made.
Safety Valve wrote: "Bell said the steam locomotive, about 60 to 70 years old, suffered some minor damage. There was one broken pipe and a slight leak in the coal car where water is stored to produce the steam." In the Tender? What sort of pipe breaks on a steam engine under a collision situation? If I was at that crossing I would say KEWL steam train! and stop to take pictures, not beat it across. Likely that the employer will not be happy at all with the situation. How did the cars fare? I imagine the couplers had a good run in when the hit was made.
If you look through the pictures in the slideshow on the newspaper link, the engine appears to have been running tender first when it hit the truck. The broken pipe could easily have been the brake, signal, or steam heat line. When you have a reporter that calls the tender a "coal car where the water is stored to produce steam," you can't expect much more detail. Since the tender took the brunt of the collision, I doubt there was much damage, if any, to the cars.
At the very least, I'm willing to bet that truck driver is fired, especially if they determine the crossing lights were working.
TomDiehl wrote: Safety Valve wrote: "Bell said the steam locomotive, about 60 to 70 years old, suffered some minor damage. There was one broken pipe and a slight leak in the coal car where water is stored to produce the steam." In the Tender? What sort of pipe breaks on a steam engine under a collision situation? If I was at that crossing I would say KEWL steam train! and stop to take pictures, not beat it across. Likely that the employer will not be happy at all with the situation. How did the cars fare? I imagine the couplers had a good run in when the hit was made. If you look through the pictures in the slideshow on the newspaper link, the engine appears to have been running tender first when it hit the truck. The broken pipe could easily have been the brake, signal, or steam heat line. When you have a reporter that calls the tender a "coal car where the water is stored to produce steam," you can't expect much more detail. Since the tender took the brunt of the collision, I doubt there was much damage, if any, to the cars. At the very least, I'm willing to bet that truck driver is fired, especially if they determine the crossing lights were working.
Very likely. I think by the time the drug test is complete, injuries fixed, firing done (One way long loud converstation) the next will be the billing for the damage to the truck.
I dont think it is likely that driver will touch another commercial vehicle for a while.