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[zardoz]

I would wait until we were just about to hit, then yell to wake up the conductor. Imagine his first thoughts upon awakening and seeing a house approaching......[}:)]

[CShaveRR]

Hmmm...in mountainous country they have detector fences to warn of rockslides ahead. Maybe in Nebraska they oughta have....

Naaah!

Seriously, Jen, a train crew encountering something like this would react about the same way as if it were a vehicle on the tracks...try (probably with feelings of futility) to stop short, and duck when they can't. The results would probably be messy, but not as damaging. Hopefully nothing would have gotten wedged in such a way as to cause a derailment.

[Mookie]

While funny, that is a little scary.

Middle of nowhere. Sparcely populated. Or maybe other damage more serious and no one thinks to check the tracks. Middle of the night - as this was - and maybe something just a little smaller .....wow.....Makes Mookie think she wants to be an engineer in daylight only?

[tree68]

Signal circuits require a direct short between the rails. A wooden garage isn't going to provide that. Even a steel building would be questionable - witness comments in other threads about hi-rail vehicles not tripping the circuits.

Assuming no casualties, though, the comments in the cab of a train approaching said garage would be worth recording...

<Say, CSX, did the DS say anything about putting this train in the garage?>
<Why, no LC, he didn't. Probably ought to stop then...>
<This'll be a good tale down a the diner!>

[Mookie]

I thought for sure it would be something electrifying?

[tree68]

Eyes. Either their own or those of a concerned citizen or public safety type.

[Mookie]

High winds pick up garage in central Nebraska and drop it on train tracks.

How does the railroad know?

Mook