zardoz Several years ago, an adventurous pair decided to take their ropes and rappel off the Boone Scenic Valley Railroad train bridge over the Des Moines river. Words can't describe how breathtakingly high this narrow train bridge is over the river valley. The open train ride over the abyss is both stunningly beautiful and somewhat nerve-wracking. Our adventurers had to be completely fearless, because they walked to the middle of this narrow railroad bridge, tied off their ropes, and began to rappel down. When the train came by on it's daily tour of the valley, their one mistake became apparent. They had tied the ropes to the sturdiest support possible: the steel train tracks... (Can you Confirm?) -->
Several years ago, an adventurous pair decided to take their ropes and rappel off the Boone Scenic Valley Railroad train bridge over the Des Moines river. Words can't describe how breathtakingly high this narrow train bridge is over the river valley. The open train ride over the abyss is both stunningly beautiful and somewhat nerve-wracking.
Our adventurers had to be completely fearless, because they walked to the middle of this narrow railroad bridge, tied off their ropes, and began to rappel down. When the train came by on it's daily tour of the valley, their one mistake became apparent. They had tied the ropes to the sturdiest support possible: the steel train tracks...
It was the Kate Shelley High Bridge, not the B&SV high bridge.
Jeff
High-tech consumer gadgets and applications, somewhat irreverent (not "irrelevant") and perhaps slightly sacriligeous - but pretty funny all the same, and not offensive, in my view - "The Digital Story of the Nativity". It's 2 mins. 58 secs. long - it moves pretty quickly with some fast editing and cuts - and pay attention to the details for the full effect.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkHNNPM7pJA&feature=youtu.be
Interesting, if you look closely you'll see that Nazareth, PA and Bethlehem PA each show up briefly at a certain point - they're both within 10 - 15 miles of here - and I can literally see Egypt, PA out the window to my left.
A joyous and merry Christmas to all !
- Paul North.
Romance Novel - 2010 Edition...
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(3 November 2006, Michigan) Death by train is almost too common to merit a Darwin Award. Few people are unaware of the three most important facts about trains: 1) Trains cannot stop quickly. 2) Trains cannot swerve. 3) In any collision, the train always wins.
Forgetting these rules, a 20-year old man was walking down the railroad tracks in Comstock Township, near Kalamazoo, Michigan. This, in and of itself, is not even close to Darwinian stupidity. Trains are loud, and they announce their approach from quite a distance, allowing ample time to clear their path. However, our Darwin contender made sure the odds were in the train's favor by wearing a pair of headphones with the music turned up loud. Louder than the train's whistle, apparently.
The news report didn't mention what song he was listening to, but I'm guessing it was "Don't Look Back" by Boston. Not looking back sealed his fate. Despite several loud blasts of the horn by the train engineer, our Darwin contender kept strolling down the rails in musical bliss, until Amtrak removed him from the gene pool. Reference: Kalamazoo Gazette Guest Writer
1 October 2010, ARIZONA | The Grand Canyon, one of the seven wonders of the world, recently welcomed home the soul of one of the witless wonders of the world.
Because of the tiresome problem of tourists falling their way into disaster, the more treacherous overlooks in the Grand Canyon are protected by fences and signs. All of these overlooks are spectacular. Some have towering columns, some have small plateaus that tourists toss coins onto, like dry wishing wells.
One entrepreneur wished for financial success. And there in front of him was a means to an end. He had a brilliant, an obvious, idea. No stranger to danger, the man climbed over the fence with a bag, leapt to one of the precarious, coin-covered perches, and filled the bag with booty. Harvest time!
But. When he tried to leap back to the safe side, he went head to head with physics. Specifically, F = mg. Our entrepreneur had increased his mass, and the force required to lift himself against the pull of gravity was now greater.
The heavy bag of coins arrested his jump, and the birds were treated to a view of his long plunge to the valley floor below, followed by a shower of coins.
Gravity. More than a good idea, it's The Law.
A minister was feeling bored one Sunday and decided to take the day off from church. He told the assistant minister he wasn't feeling well and drove to a golf course about forty miles away so that no one there would know him.Up in Heaven, the angels were talking. One said to Jesus, "Are you going to let him get away with that?" Jesus said, "No, I won't." The minister teed off on the first hole and suddenly, the wind picked up, blowing the ball right in the hole for a 420 yard hole-in-one. The angel looked at Jesus and said, "Why did you do that?" Jesus smiled and replied, "Who's he going to tell?"
The Pope, having been invited to address the United Nations, arrives in New York and is wisked away in a private limo. Unfortunately, security delays have made the Pope late for his speech and he instructs his driver to make up the delay by driving as fast as he can. Even with the driver's best efforts, the Pope knows they are still going to arrive late and insists that the driver make even better time. The driver fears for the Pope's safety and hesitates to drive any faster. Now totally frustrated, the Pope tells the driver to get in the back and let him drive.The Pontiff takes the limo beyond known limits, making incredible turns and wildly dodges in and out of traffic in an effort to reach the United Nations in time. Six blocks from their destination a New York police officer catches up with the limo and pulls them over. Upon approaching the driver's side window and recognizing the Pope immediately, the police officer informs the Pope he was speeding and driving recklessly. The Pope explains "We are in a very big hurry to address an international audience on the most urgent of worldly matters". The officer begs the Pope's pardon and returns to his squad car to make a call to headquarters."Get me the chief right away!" the officer demands."This is the chief, what's the problem?""Chief, this is Roberts. I've pulled over a big shot, and I'm not so sure what to do" "Who is it, the Mayor?" asks the chief."Bigger than that" says the officer."Don't tell me you pulled over the Governor!" asks the chief."Bigger than the Governor" says the officer."Bigger than the Governor! A Senator? A Congressman?" "Bigger" say the officer."Who the hell did you pull over, the President of the United States?!" the chief asks, alarmed. "Chief, I'm not sure who he is, but his driver is the Pope!"
The priest was preparing a dying man for his voyage into the great beyond. Whispering firmly, the priest said, "Denounce the devil! Let him know how little you think of his evil!" The dying man said nothing. The priest repeated his order. Still the dying man said nothing. The priest asked, "Why do you refuse to denounce the devil and his evil?" The dying man said, "Until I know where I'm heading, I don't think I ought to aggravate anybody."
A little Bear is at his custody hearing. The judge asks Little Bear whom he wants to live with. "Well, I don't want to live with Mamma bear, she beats me. And I do not want to live with Papa Bear, he beats me too."
The Judge asks Little Bear if he has any relatives whom he likes. Little Bear says, "No. . .but I would feel safe with the Chicago Bears.....they don't beat anybody".
"He's great on the court," a sportswriter said of a college basketball player in a interview with his coach. "But's how's his scholastic work?"
"Why, he makes straight A's," replied the coach.
"Wonderful!" said the sportswriter.
"Yes," agreed the coach, "but his B's are a little crooked."
tree68 zardoz: I don't know how the engineer could see out the front window. Who needs to see out the front? The train'll stay on the rails, and you'll know when to stop when you get there. I'm sure the frontriders will let you know if there's something in the way...
zardoz: I don't know how the engineer could see out the front window.
Who needs to see out the front? The train'll stay on the rails, and you'll know when to stop when you get there. I'm sure the frontriders will let you know if there's something in the way...
Paul_D_North_Jr zardoz: And you thought your commuter train was crowded...... http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=54403 What the NJT trains to Penn Station NYC will look like in a few years, now that NJ Governor Chris Christie cancelled the ARC = 2 new tunnels under the Hudson River . . .
zardoz: And you thought your commuter train was crowded...... http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=54403
http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=54403
What the NJT trains to Penn Station NYC will look like in a few years, now that NJ Governor Chris Christie cancelled the ARC = 2 new tunnels under the Hudson River . . .
Johnny
zardoz And you thought your commuter train was crowded...... http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=54403
zardoz I don't know how the engineer could see out the front window.
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
ChuckCobleigh zardoz: And you thought your commuter train was crowded...... http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=54403 That wasn't a typical railfan excursion?
And you thought your commuter train was crowded......
That wasn't a typical railfan excursion?
I don't know how the engineer could see out the front window.
Two grumpy old men are sitting on a bench in a waiting room in a railroad station.
One says, "I just bought a round trip ticket."
The other says, "Where to?"
The first says, Why right here, you fool!"
Good one. This one might not go under humor but it can relate to the subject.Back in the 60s, the CTA had a little garden at their Kimball yard. Waterfowl and woodland critters would stop by the little slice of nature or make it their home. The employees would use the area as a BBQ type thing. unfortunately, it was removed when they did construction on the yard in the 70s
Cannibal Nbr. 1: My wife has been disagreeing with me.
Cannibal Nbr. 2: Could be just the garlic or the onions, but here, have an antacid.
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Not now; it was.
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!!
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
Thank You.
That is the result of the earthquake in New Zealand in early September (6th or 7th). When I first saw that particular image in a posting on another forum I didn't believe it. The poster then provided other images and others found news reports about it and there were other images of the same damage from other angles. I decided to try to figure out what the earth did to cause that particular kinking. My best guess is that about 100-feet of track was compressed to a length of only about 90.5 feet. It is remarkable that the track remained so flat. Note how the ballast was just flung sideways at the peaks of the kinks.
Semper Vaporo
Pkgs.
dmoore74 Just one of those days....http://failblog.org/2010/11/05/epic-fail-photos-classic-railway-track-fail/"><img
Just one of those days....http://failblog.org/2010/11/05/epic-fail-photos-classic-railway-track-fail/"><img
Now that's just kinky!
Before reading Mutt's comment, I thought, "I wonder what the speed limit is." It really is amazing how much the rails seem to have stretched under the strain.
If I remember correctly, that was due to an earthquake; not sure I would call that one humorous.
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