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Anonymous
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 30, 2005 4:09 AM
Could you imagine a handful of say dirty dipers hitting your windshield being the last thing you see on this earth?
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 5:43 PM
the driver was DOA, the two passenger are in the hospital one with a broken back, and one with internal injuries. the train pretty much centered the tra***ruck. big mess trash was strewn for about a half a mile away!!!!
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 5:29 PM
BNSF train out of the blue at 70 MPH -- tra***ruck tries to beat it -- they tie-- theres a mess to clean up-- hope that driver got out alive.... By the looks.. He DIDN'T[xx(][xx(][8]
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 5:26 PM
hey i live in Cottonwood Falls kansas, two BNSF lines go right through the county great train watching, I driver of the tra***ruck failed to yield to the train.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 12:52 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by fredonia

I live in Ottawa, KS right beside the BNSF Emporia sub. I heard it on the scanner. That is horrible. I feel bad for the tra***ruck ppl and the engineer.
Your username is fredonia! Fredonia is a dying town. but thank goodness there are railfans in kansas[:I] i also heard it on the scanner
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 12:28 PM
the engineer and conductor were not injured in the crash.
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Posted by Chris30 on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 8:48 AM
Some damage to the lead engine, but it looks like everything stayed on the track. As bad as this situation looks, it really could have been a lot worse. That must have been some kind of impact... not much left of the garbage truck. Any injuries t o the engineer or conductor?

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Posted by adrianspeeder on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 8:42 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by BNSF railfan.

BNSF 1. Tra***ruck 0.


Hey! How about "My size 12 foot: 1. Your butt 0.

Someone died here, comeon man, show some respect.

QUOTE: Originally posted by Gluefinger

And one of the other reasons for people posting links instead of photos is so they can rack up views on the photo sites- I know a certain younger railfan here that only seems to post advertisements to his photos as topics....but I'm not going to say any names[:-^]


No, I don't think that is correct. You get the target hit weather it is loaded from a click opening a new window, or loaded directly on the thread.

Please post links to save bandwidth for our dialup friends.

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Posted by Gluefinger on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 8:59 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by canazar

Must have been one heck of a ride for the driver. Hope he made it. All though he would need some luck judgeing by the cab


Actually, he didn't- read above...

And one of the other reasons for people posting links instead of photos is so they can rack up views on the photo sites- I know a certain younger railfan here that only seems to post advertisements to his photos as topics....but I'm not going to say any names[:-^]
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 8:27 PM
I live in Ottawa, KS right beside the BNSF Emporia sub. I heard it on the scanner. That is horrible. I feel bad for the tra***ruck ppl and the engineer.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 7:02 PM
Wow!!!

Too bad for the driver of the truck.

It always pays to look both ways before crossing a railroad track in the country.
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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 8:50 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken

And, oh by the way, sorry about the smell....It was a garbage truck![:D]

Better than the west end of an eastbound skunk (as related a while back in Trains)

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Posted by mudchicken on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 8:44 AM
Hello Topeka Shops? Got one for ya.

Engine 4082 tangled with a truck at a crossing.

Yeah,Yeah.....Structurally we are OK, but the front catwalk, steps and handrails are mangled and will need to be replaced.

And, oh by the way, sorry about the smell....It was a garbage truck![:D]
Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west
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Posted by spankybird on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 8:30 AM
This should help for posting photos

http://www.past-timehobbies.com/photoposting_instruct/index.htm

God bless the soul of the truck driver.

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 8:23 AM
BNSF 1. Tra***ruck 0.
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Posted by adrianspeeder on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 7:33 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by OneSecondPle
quick question, why does no one link like this? Why do people just post links?


Also I do not imbed the pics so that way the people on dialup do not have to wait everytime they open the thread for the pics to load. Kinda like I only post my sig one time on each page to save bandwidth. (hint hint)

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 6:50 AM
Onesecond - As someone who codes HTML for a hobby, I have a pretty good grasp on the forum code. But, as selector pointed out, not everyone has that kind of experience, or even interest. For some folks, just typing in what they want to say and hitting the submit button is as technical as they want to get, until they decide they have a photo they want to share, or something like that. You don't usually find someone who just can't get it and goes on and on about it. On the contrary, their posts start to show some color, etc.

As for the end result of that accident, it looks like our "Adopt-a-Highway" stretch of road sometimes seemed, although it was never that bad. Too bad about the driver - I know he'll be missed. But the train generally wins.

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 20, 2005 11:09 PM
i mean, i do not pretend to be some kind of internet expert, but its not that hard....[img] tags,,,,thats all...
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Posted by selector on Monday, June 20, 2005 10:50 PM
Onesecond, the process is daunting and confusing to many people, especially those new to the technology in the first place. Also, there is a wide range of literacy on these forums, so the instructions are challenging to some. Once a person masters the technique, it becomes easy, as it is for you and me. For others, it is like reading the Windows XP manual....(shudder).

I have explained the process several times to people on several forums, because I consider it part of my 'citizenship' here. I will admit, though, that it is getting old. [xx(]
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 20, 2005 8:34 PM
COMMONLY CALLED ------- "A MESS" -------- And that is no understatement
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 20, 2005 7:58 PM



quick question, why does no one link like this? Why do people just post links?
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 20, 2005 7:57 PM
that is terrible....amaing the trash in the lines though...too bad there wasent a camera to get that. I often wonder what people think when they try to beat trains...
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Posted by miniwyo on Monday, June 20, 2005 7:55 PM
Hmmm, looks like a trashy situation.

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Posted by JoeKoh on Monday, June 20, 2005 7:26 PM
just proves if there is a tie at a crossing you lose.
stay safe
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Posted by CShaveRR on Monday, June 20, 2005 7:25 PM
No offense intended--just a comment on what I was looking at.

Pictures are much better!

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Posted by Junctionfan on Monday, June 20, 2005 7:20 PM
Getting hit by a Z train isn't a good thing in particular (UPS trailers). Depending on where it was, it could have been a 70 mph smash.
Andrew
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Posted by canazar on Monday, June 20, 2005 7:14 PM
Ouch, Loved the trash in the power wires. Must have been one heck of a ride for the driver. Hope he made it. All though he would need some luck judgeing by the cab

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Posted by Glen Ellyn on Monday, June 20, 2005 7:00 PM
Dang...
Andrew Barchifowski, Glen Ellyn</font id="red">, LJ, #3300, Scott, FLODO.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 20, 2005 6:56 PM
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a141/06archerd/trainwreckphotos001.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a141/06archerd/32fb9ea1.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a141/06archerd/trainwreckphotos002.jpg

there they worked[:D][:)][8D]
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