Railroader's UFO Collision: CSX?

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by paulstecyna21

can anyone provide a link or pictures that shows that the engines were damaged?

Pictures, how do you get pictures if these engines are currently switching cars in Area 51[alien]

[espeefoamer]

Maybe ALF was piloting that craft!

[paulstecyna21]

can anyone provide a link or pictures that shows that the engines were damaged?

[oskar]

CSX 234 and CSX 287 are still in service if any of you are wondering.




kevin

[bnsfkline]

The second was a typo, it was 287, not 187

[PBenham]

NYUK,NYUK,NYUK. Some guys will try anything to explain away a delay that is slightly ,shall we say...[alien][%-)][;)] Now, they might have operated on the subdivision known as-[alien] the Twilight Zone.[(-D][:-,]

[Anonymous]

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[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by TheAntiGates

Uhh huh,

A southerner wakes up in a cheap motel room with a hangover and a bleeding rectum, feeling cheap, he concocts a "we were abducted by aliens and got probed" cover story to avoid embarrassing questions, and all that differs here is that the "victim" is a railroader. [:D]

Q: How are toilet paper and the starship Enterprise alike?






A: Both circle Uranus looking for Klingons!




Running for cover......

[wallyworld]

Vito could have used that rationale in the last Sopranos episode- Tony comon ..Whaada bout it-it was them___aliens!

[Anonymous]

Uhh huh,

A southerner wakes up in a cheap motel room with a hangover and a bleeding rectum, feeling cheap, he concocts a "we were abducted by aliens and got probed" cover story to avoid embarrassing questions, and all that differs here is that the "victim" is a railroader. [:D]

[Anonymous]

Just in case something happens I just happen to have a great selection of aluminum foil hats on for sale for a very good price. [:D]

But I want first nibs on Gillian Anderson - Scully on X-Files. [:)]

[carnej1]

I think that this incident could be the start of a massive intergalactic war and to avert it we need to educate all potential extraterrestrial visitors about this danger...We need to construct a huge, worldwide array of radiotelescope sized transmitters and beam Operation Livesaver public service announcements out to the galaxy 24-7.................................there goes the last crumb of Amtrak's funding....................

[Poppa_Zit]

Upon hearing this report, I shall now remove my aluminum foil hat and wait for orders like a good little Art Bell listener. Na-nu-na-nu!

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Postscript: wallyworld, where do you find this great stuff?

[wallyworld]

Railfans from Alpha Centuri?

[Hugh Jampton]

QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas

Mabee our first contact with extraterrestrial beings will be a lawsuit against the railroad because of there UFO getting hit at a grade crossing.

The alien's do have a good chance of claiming as the engineer admitted that he extingushed the unit's headlights, and did not mention that he sounded the horn, or made any other attempt to warn them of his oncoming train..

[Anonymous]

I agree with zardoz that any aliens seeing what the human race is usually up to would do a 180 degree turn & head for other parts of the universe.

But enough of my [soapbox] lectures.

Where is the X-File's team of Mulder and Scully when you need them[?]

[Anonymous]

I never did believe that [alien] visited us. To try to prove otherwise is a case of [banghead]. If you ask me UFO's are new types of aircraft being given test runs. Just remember the Stealth Bomber. [;)]

[chad thomas]

Mabee our first contact with extraterrestrial beings will be a lawsuit against the railroad because of there UFO getting hit at a grade crossing.

[fuzzybroken]

QUOTE: Originally posted by zardoz

Does this mean that drivers everywhere in the universe are dumb enough to mess with trains with their vehicles?

LOL!!!

Uhh-huh!

[vsmith]

If ET was stupid enough to let a light speed capable flying saucer get dinged by a 30mph train, I think the Universe has bigger problems.....

[wallyworld]

If it did happen as reported, my personal best guess is a remote guided experimental plane such as used now in the Middle East. More development as a weapons platform is going on. It could have lost telemetry or guidance went amok. Oops.

[chad thomas]

QUOTE: Originally posted by miniwyo

Nah Noo Nah Noo!!

Shozbot !!

[zardoz]

I saw that episode also.


I think it would be quite a significant event in human history if we were contacted by an extraterrestial intelligence. But if the ET's monitor our transmissions (tv & radio) then my guess is that they would either zap us into oblivion to save the rest of the universe from our violence, or they would do do a quick 180 and just leave us the heck alone. I would hope they would contact us in order to try to help us, but I'm not counting on it.


However, the original post would seem to indicate that there are beings that can navigate interstellar space with a technology that we can only imagine, and that they manage to come all the way to earth, and end up hitting a train.

Does this mean that drivers everywhere in the universe are dumb enough to mess with trains with their vehicles?

[paulstecyna21]

QUOTE: Originally posted by wallyworld

One aspect of this supposed event that stood out as a weak link in the story was that after the initial notification of the dispatcher, how quickly a full armada of specialists ( quick reaction team? ) descended on the train, set up in advance of their arrival in Paintsville. This appears to be a pretty remote area. Any military bases close by?

do you still remember the engine numbers that you had on the locomotives? I believe metro about the engines but someone would want to contact CSX about thier engines.

[wallyworld]

One aspect of this supposed event that stood out as a weak link in the story was that after the initial notification of the dispatcher, how quickly a full armada of specialists ( quick reaction team? ) descended on the train, set up in advance of their arrival in Paintsville. This appears to be a pretty remote area. Any military bases close by?

[Anonymous]

pics of the ruined loco?

[METRO]

QUOTE: Originally posted by bnsfkline

I heard about this earlier, and if I remember correctly, the units were two GE AC4400CW's, units #234 and 187, with 187 trailing.

According to the current CSX roster at http://www.trainweb.org/csxphotos/html/Active1.html unit 234 is in active service and there is no unit 187.

In response to coborn35's question that's a big hole in the story but it's never really covered. The story never says weather or not the railroad is informed of the train's apparent impound by the government. My guess, again working on most reasonable explanation would be that if an electronic warfare system was used in the area, the military would want to gather data on the effects of the weapon upon the engine's computers and electrical system before returning it to CSX. This could be done in the span of just a few hours as well.

Back when I spent some time at the Air Force Accademy, there was a rather famous story of a highway cop in California using a radar gun on a highway near a USAF base. The cop accidentally pointed his radar in the direction of a landing F16C fighter and the pilot in turn activated an electronic jamming system as his plane's computer warned him that he was being painted by the radar. (an F16 Falcon's computer can't tell the difference between a radar gun and the guidance system on a shoulder launched missle) the Cop's gun went nuts and he read as speed of something like 600mpr before going into an error state and fried. I've been told the gun was confiscated and now sits on the pilot's locker as a trophy.

Cheers!
~METRO

[cr6479]

That is a good question that coborn35 has brought up!

[coborn35]

Why wouldnt the dispatcher wonder where the train went? And the power folks where the hell there engine went?

[miniwyo]

Nah Noo Nah Noo!!