Future Derailments May Be Happening Now

[croteaudd]

Sometimes a locomotive in a passing consist stands out and is so vivid to the mind that the experience is never ever forgotten. A few years later, one may hear about a disastrous wreck involving the unit, and then it is subsequently retired and scrapped. Some wonder why those odd sensing experiences occur. One explanation holds that past, present, and future may all exist together, or concurrently, and may be separated from each other only through the existence of billions of differing time frequencies, very much like many, many different radio frequencies in an antenna may coexist simultaneously. Perhaps upcoming smashups involving engines are so violently fierce that the resulting reverberations actually pass through the stream of time itself and follow the units backwards through time, and affect the senses of some individuals when they encounter the units in the present.

[cabforward]

oh yeah, i remember that one, it was 'off the beaten track', on the twilight zone.. it was when casey jones built a fusion reactor in the tender of his '#99'.. then he sold the patent to amtrak and hasn't been heard from since..

[Anonymous]

I'd like to comment on that, but I might actually be passing away at this moment!

[Anonymous]

In all seriousness, I've never experienced any thing like that. I've worked with a number of men who were later killed or injured (some the same day), and had no sensation. I do remember running the B&O GP (5605) now at the B&O Museum, but only because the rear headlight was positioned several feet below EMD standard when I ran it, and is still there. (because of wreck damage, I think). According to the Bible, time is linear; it just seems to be circular because we human beings keep doing the same stupid things over and over.

[CHESSIEMIKE]

I'm glad someone was willing to go to the Authority on this. Thanks skeets, made my day.
CHESSIEMIKE

[cabforward]

i absolutely resent that comment about 'we keep making the same mistakes over and over'.. i do not repeat my mistakes.. each of mine is taken from someone else who has proven its ridiculousness, therefore insulating me from the slightest chance for success!! i say, let others do the work of messing up in new and unusual ways.. i only use what's already road-tested and known to fail, safer that way..

[dknelson]

This theory of parallel universes explains why some of my photos do not turn out as I wi***hey would. They are actually superb photographs of a train that is not there, but only mediocre photographs of a train that is .....
Dave Nelson

[Anonymous]

Dude, I used to think about exactly the same thing.....When I was in high school just after I had just taken about four huge hits off of the bong.HeHeHe

[edblysard]

You mean there is a universe where the train master listens to the road crew about how to really run the railroad?
And can I borrow your stargate to get there?
Ed
You mean there is a universe where the road crews listen to the trainmaster, who knows how to really run the railroad?
And can I borrow your stargate to get there?
Ed

[eolafan]

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[eolafan]

Just in case nobody noticed, I am a "child of the sixties".

[Soo2610]

Gee.... You never mentioned the "weed" patch by your favorite viewing area. No wonder you have such a good time. And I thought it was the hot chocolate.

[eolafan]

HOLY COW, YOU MEAN IT'S REALLY NOT HOT CHOCOLATE!!!! OOOPS.

[Soo2610]

Hee...hee...hee... I'll never tell. In all seriousness, where do you view the yard from? Have never been there. Closest I've been is the bike trail along the river and at that point I was too darn tired to do any exploring since it was still a long ride back home.

[eolafan]

The BNSF Eola yard is best viewed (in my opinion) from the intersection where McClurg crosses the main, which is right at where the yard office and site of the old turntable are (they keep from a few to about ten units there for various purposes)...lots of action from BNSF freights as well as Amtrak and METRA passenger trains...can be over 100 per day and even more on really busy days. Jim

[ericsp]

It sounds like the hobby that you frequent sells more than one type of reefer.

[Soo2610]

Thanks, will have to check it out.

[croteaudd]

Re: “linear” time in the 3-22-03 6:26 P.M. post

Whether anciently or in the present, various literary works often use terminology FROM the perspective of the writer, or that readers can relate to. In that light, since the earth is spherical, which is correct: the rocket went UP into the sky, or the rocket went OUT away from the earth? I believe open-minded analysis about “time” dictates that one should consider what angle an author may be writing from.

Re: “In all seriousness, I've never experienced any thing like that” in the same post

I have. More times than I want to remember.