BaltACD Whenever a bad incident takes place on the railroad it is almost guaranteed to happen in the worst weather of the applicaple season.
Whenever a bad incident takes place on the railroad it is almost guaranteed to happen in the worst weather of the applicaple season.
Gumperson's Law (A corrollary to Murphy's Law): If anything can go wrong, it will, and at the worst possible time.
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 BaltACD Whenever a bad incident takes place on the railroad it is almost guaranteed to happen in the worst weather of the applicaple season. Yesterday afternoon I was watching some MOW crew members doing some scheduled work at the Barstow station on the East cam. I checked the weather conditions at the time and the Daggett airport was reporting 107° which is no picnic for labor in the sun. They were at it again this morning when it was a balmy 97° instead. Yesterday's low humidity was 9% while it was up to 20% today, so, yes, it was a "dry" heat. It isn't just a "bad incident" that comes up in lousy weather, I guess.
BaltACD
Yesterday afternoon I was watching some MOW crew members doing some scheduled work at the Barstow station on the East cam. I checked the weather conditions at the time and the Daggett airport was reporting 107° which is no picnic for labor in the sun. They were at it again this morning when it was a balmy 97° instead. Yesterday's low humidity was 9% while it was up to 20% today, so, yes, it was a "dry" heat.
It isn't just a "bad incident" that comes up in lousy weather, I guess.
Bad incidents make the weather seem worse!
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
BaltACDWhenever a bad incident takes place on the railroad it is almost guaranteed to happen in the worst weather of the applicaple season.
mudchickenOr as BossHen would tell the DS - "Go wake-up another roadmaster; You called the one here out 2 hours ago."
(1) Trainman got lonely, looking for company in BFE.
(2) panel party!
(3) when physics becomes a "thing". Gravity works.
Or as BossHen would tell the DS - "Go wake-up another roadmaster; You called the one here out 2 hours ago."
"...Long time ago, in that galaxy far,far,away..." Growing up in Memphis, I had a number of acquaintances in jobs on the railroad, [a as well also police and firefighters] each group seems to have descriptive 'sayings' and 'colorful lines' that escribed some of their work casreers and circumstances that they were required to work in.
The men I knew who worked at the Frisco Yards, used to say "... It never rains on the railroad..." Usually spoken in the face of having to get out in the most miserable of conditions; weather or otherwise. Funny, then, I'd hear the same phrase uttered by acquaintances at the roundhouse on the IC RR at Johnston Yard.. Never knew any iof the MOW guys, back then; but I am sure they can or could be as equally descriptive and colorful!
24/7/365 when the railroad calls....
Looking at the Tehachapi rail cams this morning, I was able to discern a bit of a story. Apparently a boxcar went on the ground a bit east of the east end of Woodford siding, in of course a single-track stretch. This must have been around midnight or a bit after. On the museum cam replay, you could see some vehicles show up at the UP building right east of Green Street starting around oneish or a bit after. Not too long afterwards, several of the UP work trucks from there hit the road.
Later, on the replay of the loop railcam, one could see the crews working on the mess, though not clearly because the track was in a cut there and trees were also in the line of sight. It also appeared that the switch at the east end of Woodford siding was getting some serious attention Sunday morning.
It looked like trains started moving through around lunchtime, though not very quickly. The replay of the afternoon up until darkness seemed like a dispatcher's nightmare, also a big pain to any crew running a manifest train, as IM trains were running by and around stopped manifests.
The glamour of railroading, I guess.
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