With all of the grade crossings accidents we talk about on here,, whats all the odd stuff that could be in a semi? Of course the engine hitting the truck/trailer will have damage and hopefully nobody hurt. Some contents wouldn't be a huge mess to cleanup,, others really bad. Here are a few I can think of: Mattresses would get bent up but mostly would go flying and bounce around. Car parts or just about any fluid would be a huge mess. Car batteries, now that would be bad. Frozen pizzas not too bad. Mail going to an IRS building, what a pain. Lionel trains,, depressing. A 70 Chevelle convertable SS 454 LS-6, Stingray 427 Corvette, 68 GT500 KR and a Hemi Cuda convertable, really really bad!
Modeling the "Fargo Area Rapid Transit" in O scale 3 rail.
Anything liquid is probably best to hit, exept for explosive fuels off course. worse thing to hit anything bulk like sand, gravel, cat food etc. or any solid materials like steel or concrete.
well yesterday a recycling truck was clipped by a train in toledo.have seen trucks that hit the viaduct spill soda pop all over the road here in town.
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joe
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Rolled paper would not be pretty. Solid as a rock and 2+ tons per roll. Same for rolled steel.
The Amtrak vs steel beams some years ago wasn't a pleasant experience, either.
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Mr_Ash wrote:Didnt an Amtrak train hit a tanker truck loaded with chocolate back in the day?
I remember that one a little too clearly. No chocolate for me that Christmas. (Pittsburg, CA '90)
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Don't forget in 2005 when the Amtrak Surfliner hit a truck loaded with strawberries. There was a guy with a video camera at the intersection and caught it all on tape. BANG!
I saw a picture of an NS train this year that hit a truck loaded with yarn...
What could be in that semi...?
I remember the frozen strawberry truck a couple years ago.
Maybe marshmellows. Pillows. China. Pickles. Underwear. Thumbtacks. Simulated alligator wallets. Automatic vegetable slicers that work when you see it on television but not when you get it home. Teddy bear shoes. Green polka dot pajamas. Silly putty. Elmers glue. Britney Spears CDs. Sugar. Nonalcohlic beer. Watermelon flavored bubblegum. And hot dog water.
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SchemerBob wrote:Don't forget in 2005 when the Amtrak Surfliner hit a truck loaded with strawberries. There was a guy with a video camera at the intersection and caught it all on tape. BANG!
There was a picture in The Railroad Press a few years ago of a train that hit a truck full of ketchup. Another picture with one full of eggs.
- I just looked further down and there is a thread about the egg hit. The picture I saw was of the trailer, not the locomotive.
Wasn't there are line painting truck hit a few years ago. I think it was a SP unit that got a fresh coat of yellow and white in a hurry.
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mountaingoatgreg wrote: Wasn't there are line painting truck hit a few years ago. I think it was a SP unit that got a fresh coat of yellow and white in a hurry. Be Wise Beware Be Safe"Mountain Goat" Greg
That isn't a 'Daylight' scheme but the rare and famous 'Dashed-line' scheme!
Dan
TrainManTy wrote: SchemerBob wrote: Don't forget in 2005 when the Amtrak Surfliner hit a truck loaded with strawberries. There was a guy with a video camera at the intersection and caught it all on tape. BANG! Got a link to the video?
SchemerBob wrote: Don't forget in 2005 when the Amtrak Surfliner hit a truck loaded with strawberries. There was a guy with a video camera at the intersection and caught it all on tape. BANG!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG68_rWjT3I&feature=related
Dutchrailnut wrote:Anything liquid is probably best to hit, exept for explosive fuels off course. worse thing to hit anything bulk like sand, gravel, cat food etc. or any solid materials like steel or concrete.
There is a limited difference in force to a locomotive when it hits a semi carrying liquid as opposed to something solid. but from an enviromental impact and the effect of a possible "haz-mat" situation, any liquid or spilled substance causes greater concern. Anything that spills onto the ground can enter the water supply, convert to a gas (depending upon the liquid, of course) or due to its flammable nature-cause fire. For the firefighters on the forum, any liquid spill from any accident makes the situation more dangerous than one where something hard, yet "softer on impact", as in a truck load of tissue paper would cause. Unless things have changed from my firefighting days and from my railroad haz classes, any spill is haz-mat until proven otherwise, and thus has raises the possibility of being more dangerous to the locomotive and truck crews than hitting something solid.
Tina
railfan619 wrote:I remember it was about 5 or 6 years ago where. A tow truck was towing a disabled garbage truck and as it crossed the tracks out in Waukesha Wisconsin and the garbage truck broke free from the tow truck and a. I be-leave a Wisconsin Central train hit the truck and spread garbage for about 5 miles down the tracks.
I remember that one, I don't think it was quite that long ago, but it was on the CP tracks. FWIW...
I remember back several years ago, a train hit a hog truck. The truck driver, train crew and a few of the pigs survived, if memory serves me right.
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309
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