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You have to be a really bad driver to pull this kind of car/rail collision off.

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You have to be a really bad driver to pull this kind of car/rail collision off.
Posted by DavidH66 on Monday, January 20, 2014 11:29 PM

Not sure what happened as I found this surfing on the web.

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 7:36 AM

Don't recognize the train.  I can't quite read the plate, but it resembles Virginia.

Judging by the way the wheels are slightly cocked, I'd have to say that the driver was on his way around the gates.

The configuration of the locomotive and tender is interesting - looks like a 4-2-0, sort of, with an articulated truck between the locomotive and the tender.  the grille on the tender suggests that there is an engine in the tender, and the location of the driver suggests that it's just along for the ride...

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Posted by mudchicken on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 8:56 AM

Out of scale "stupid zone" --

and I bet the car driver is still allowed to have a driver's license.Angry

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Posted by Leo_Ames on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 9:14 AM

It's the Hermann Park Railroad in Houston.

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Posted by rcdrye on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 11:38 AM

tree68

The configuration of the locomotive and tender is interesting - looks like a 4-2-0, sort of, with an articulated truck between the locomotive and the tender.  the grille on the tender suggests that there is an engine in the tender, and the location of the driver suggests that it's just along for the ride...

The engine is a pretty standard 4-2-4 park engine, with drive shafts to the front and rear trucks.  The trucks look like EMD Blombergs, though they aren't very visible in the photo.

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 12:43 PM

rcdrye
The engine is a pretty standard 4-2-4 park engine, with drive shafts to the front and rear trucks.  The trucks look like EMD Blombergs, though they aren't very visible in the photo.

I did a little research after posting and found other pictures of it, so I'm straight on that now.  It's supposed to be a replica of a full sized engine (I don't remember where or what, no matter).  

The lighting, shadows, and limited nature of the picture (with regard to the locomotive) were a little confusing.  There's a video of it running on YouTube.

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Posted by edblysard on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 6:32 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY1Elvpp5kg

You can see the train and the park, including a shot of Houston's Metro Light Rail service, several nice shots of the park, Rice University is just across the street.

The train ride has been there forever, since I was a little kid, it was my first train ride, used to have a "diesel" locomotive in SP Black Widow paint.

The SP Steam Locomotive at Minute Maid Park used to be on display at the park train's depot/parking lot.

This locomotive is somewhat a copy of the one that is part of the Seal of The City of Houston.

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Posted by blue streak 1 on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 6:41 PM

Failed suicide try ?

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Posted by cacole on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 6:44 PM

I have absolutely no sympathy for the stupid car driver, but I hope the train driver and any children riding it were not hurt.

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Posted by zugmann on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 6:44 PM

Leo_Ames

It's the Hermann Park Railroad in Houston.

Good thing that railroad doesn't haul crude.

It's been fun.  But it isn't much fun anymore.   Signing off for now. 


  

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Posted by Murphy Siding on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 7:36 PM

I got 2 go ... train hit car  <SEND>

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Posted by blue streak 1 on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 9:17 PM

Loco camera record anything ?   Well maybe one of the passengers ?

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Posted by zugmann on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 11:44 PM

(retracted)

It's been fun.  But it isn't much fun anymore.   Signing off for now. 


  

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Posted by M636C on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 3:59 AM

tree68

I did a little research after posting and found other pictures of it, so I'm straight on that now.  It's supposed to be a replica of a full sized engine (I don't remember where or what, no matter).  

It is a model of SP No 1 "C P Huntington" currently in the museum at Sacramento CA

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Posted by zugmann on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 2:46 PM

blue streak 1

Loco camera record anything ?   Well maybe one of the passengers ?

Ask and ye shall receive:

http://youtu.be/B4ztJPUehdY

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Posted by blue streak 1 on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 4:35 PM

zugmann

Loco camera record anything ?   Well maybe one of the passengers ?

Ask and ye shall receive:

http://youtu.be/B4ztJPUehdY

Ouch !  Bet the car insurance people and lawyers are scrambling to minimize exposure.
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Posted by BaltACD on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 4:38 PM

zugmann

blue streak 1

Loco camera record anything ?   Well maybe one of the passengers ?

Ask and ye shall receive:

http://youtu.be/B4ztJPUehdY

Obviously the 'train' was proceeding at more than Restricted Speed.

WTF was the car doing STOPPED on the tracks?

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Posted by Mookie on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 5:46 PM

My bet is they parked there, thinking either the train wasn't running or they would be out of there.  Or - while texting, didn't see the rr tracks! 

Plus all cars come with magnets - to tracks!

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Posted by Firelock76 on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 7:39 PM

I'd almost swear knucklehead was sitting there wanting it to happen!  No matter, God's gonna send 'em to hale for wrecking a nice little locomotive like that! 

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Posted by zugmann on Thursday, January 23, 2014 12:44 AM

BaltACD

Obviously the 'train' was proceeding at more than Restricted Speed.

WTF was the car doing STOPPED on the tracks?

Yeah, I don't know which is worse:  A car stopped on the tracks, or the train being operated in a fashion that wouldn't allow it to be able to STOP for something stopped on the tracks (especially on a crossing like that).  In real railroad life, if you were supposed to be operating restricted speed and broadsided a car parked on a crossing - the crew would be at fault.

Bad situation all around.  I think the operations there need tweaked.

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Posted by JL Chicago on Thursday, January 23, 2014 12:01 PM
Why would the train be required to run at restricted speed?
The crossing had gates and appear to have worked.

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