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Train Collision
Posted by DaveSnow on Tuesday, August 1, 2006 3:31 PM
http://www.jonesborosun.com/story.php?ID=22945

(I wonder if the truck driver was listening to some LOUD music! I know this crossing, and ANY trains coming down this track are EASILY heard!!!!!)
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Posted by dldance on Tuesday, August 1, 2006 3:57 PM

The report has a more detailed (and accurate) description of the BNSF locomotive than one normally sees in newspaper reports.

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Posted by chad thomas on Tuesday, August 1, 2006 4:01 PM
 dldance wrote:

The report has a more detailed (and accurate) description of the BNSF locomotive than one normally sees in newspaper reports.

dd

Accurate? I've never heard of an SP40-2 before. Nice try though.

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Posted by dldance on Tuesday, August 1, 2006 4:09 PM
 chad thomas wrote:
 dldance wrote:

The report has a more detailed (and accurate) description of the BNSF locomotive than one normally sees in newspaper reports.

dd

Accurate? I've never heard of an SP40-2 before. Nice try though.

I didn't say perfect - just more accurate than normal!

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Posted by chad thomas on Tuesday, August 1, 2006 4:11 PM
 dldance wrote:
 chad thomas wrote:
 dldance wrote:

The report has a more detailed (and accurate) description of the BNSF locomotive than one normally sees in newspaper reports.

dd

Accurate? I've never heard of an SP40-2 before. Nice try though.

I didn't say perfect - just more accurate than normal!

dd

Agree, at least they tried.

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Posted by locomutt on Tuesday, August 1, 2006 5:04 PM
 DaveSnow wrote:
http://www.jonesborosun.com/story.php?ID=22945 (I wonder if the truck driver was listening to some LOUD music! I know this crossing, and ANY trains coming down this track are EASILY heard!!!!!)


Well,possibly not just "Loud Music";were the windows up? how soundproof is the cab of the truck?
In this day and age of people not wanting to hear road and other outside noises,maybe the truck was
too soundproofed to hear the train horn...........After all,people always say they can can never hear
the sound of the siren of the emergency vehicle that hit them either!!!!
And the people want to hear less decibels of noise, want better soundproofing, and then say they
can't hear anything?Confused [%-)]

From a former EMT/Firefighter who is on disability, because a certain person with windows
rolled all the way up, "couldn't see or hear us"!!

Being Crazy,keeps you from going "INSANE" !! "The light at the end of the tunnel,has been turned off due to budget cuts" NOT AFRAID A Vet., and PROUD OF IT!!

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