Do You Think Casey Jones was on Alochal when his accident happened?

[dharmon]

Casey Jones was killed by a blow to the back of the head from the cigarette smoking man. The wreck was staged to destroy evidence of alien life that had been uncovered during the grading of a new right of way. All the bodies were then incinerated to hide trail.

[Anonymous]

The human body can withstain quite a large amount of sudden stop and survive but it is the stop that finishes you.More specifically, the rate of decel of your internal organs against your skeletal structure is what usually 'does you in'. BTW- I thoght he was 'high on cocaine'!!!

[Anonymous]

In response to Doggy's post regarding the length of the freight trains on the sidetrack at Vaughan:

Casey Jones was aware that there were two freights on the sidetrack that were too long for the length of track. He was given orders to "saw by" the freights at Vaughan. That meant he would have to carefully run the train down the main line as one freight "sawed" south onto the main. When the southbound New Orleans Special cleared the north end of the switch, the southbound freight would have backed onto the main, permitting the northbound freight to "saw" north onto the switch. That would have cleared the mainline for the NOS. However, an air hose broke on one of the freights before any "sawing" could be done. When the NOS came around the curve just north of the Vaughan station, the fouled mainline was blocked from Casey Jones' view by the 382's boiler. I imagine the torpedos went off and Sim Webb spotted the caboose markers about the same time.

[Anonymous]

Even ducks, birds and bees appreciate the physics of stopping. There are two kinds: good and bad. You walk away for another try if it was good. A bad stop is your final attempt. It is easy to speed but good stopping requires skill and distance. No matter whether he was sober or not, there was not space to execute a good stop.
Lindsay

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by toyomantrains

The human body can withstain quite a large amount of sudden stop and survive but it is the stop that finishes you.More specifically, the rate of decel of your internal organs against your skeletal structure is what usually 'does you in'. BTW- I thoght he was 'high on cocaine'!!!

That's right!!!--"Drivin' that train, high on cocaine, Casey Jones you'd better watch your speed!" From what I've heard, cocaine and speed don't mix well! Must of been alcohol!![:o)] My apologies to the "Grateful Dead".

[Rick Gates]

Wallyworld, I didn't have any luck finding the Sim Webb recording either. I checked with one of the museum curators and he didn't know but thought it was owned by Sun Recordings. When I checked there, I could only come up with Elvis and a quartet which included Johnny Cash singing about Sim Webb. I tried. If I get email from any of the other museum guys that has it, I'll let you know.

[rogerhensley]

And he said,
"Jump SIm, Jump.
For there's two locomotives that are gonna bump!

Casey Jones, mountin' to the cabin,
Casey Jones, Orders in his hand,
Casey Jones, mountin' to the cabin,
For he's gonna take a trip into the Promised Land."

[dharmon]

QUOTE: Originally posted by toyomantrains

The human body can withstain quite a large amount of sudden stop and survive but it is the stop that finishes you.More specifically, the rate of decel of your internal organs against your skeletal structure is what usually 'does you in'. BTW- I thoght he was 'high on cocaine'!!!

It's refered to as deceleration trauma