You Won't Beleive This!!!

[Anonymous]

About two weeks ago, I was sitting in church, listening to the sermon, and the subject of trains came up. It was a story about a guy who was out walking and fell onto the tracks and fell asleep. He was awakened by the roar of a 96-car train(I'm not sure which road it was) flying by on top of him. He had injuries, those sustained because every truck on the train hit his arm, but other than that, he was fine. After wards he said something to the effect that he was very fortunate and knew that someone was looking out for him! I guess he so, considering he was dumb enough to be out walking by the tracks and fortunate enough to fall right in the middle of the rails! Oh well. Definitely a gem! (I love the Darwin Awards)!

[Anonymous]

About two weeks ago, I was sitting in church, listening to the sermon, and the subject of trains came up. It was a story about a guy who was out walking and fell onto the tracks and fell asleep. He was awakened by the roar of a 96-car train(I'm not sure which road it was) flying by on top of him. He had injuries, those sustained because every truck on the train hit his arm, but other than that, he was fine. After wards he said something to the effect that he was very fortunate and knew that someone was looking out for him! I guess he so, considering he was dumb enough to be out walking by the tracks and fortunate enough to fall right in the middle of the rails! Oh well. Definitely a gem! (I love the Darwin Awards)!

[Anonymous]

MC,

Train vs HOUSE?? You have to go into a bit more detail than that. What was the house doing on the tracks? Or what were the tracks doing in the house? Or what was the train doing off the tracks and in the house?

Jeff

[Anonymous]

MC,

Train vs HOUSE?? You have to go into a bit more detail than that. What was the house doing on the tracks? Or what were the tracks doing in the house? Or what was the train doing off the tracks and in the house?

Jeff

[swknox]

To VSSMITH:

I don't know how he could have missed it. The horn is blowing, the ditch lights are on, Its the middle of a great day (last weeks weather was perfect, unlike now thanks to Iselbella) and there is a big black and white loco with a horse panted on the front coming down the track at only 20mph. He is lucky it was only the local performing switching moves. As far as accident investigaters keeping a straight face I don't know how they could have. I guess the only thing is how must have the engineer and conductor felt watching this idiot pull out in front of them. I mean when its a car you always assume theres a chance the people are ok but when you hit a guy on a lawnmower??? Maybe the alcohol kept him limber enough not to stiffin up on impact and thats what threw him clear. Oh well.

[swknox]

To VSSMITH:

I don't know how he could have missed it. The horn is blowing, the ditch lights are on, Its the middle of a great day (last weeks weather was perfect, unlike now thanks to Iselbella) and there is a big black and white loco with a horse panted on the front coming down the track at only 20mph. He is lucky it was only the local performing switching moves. As far as accident investigaters keeping a straight face I don't know how they could have. I guess the only thing is how must have the engineer and conductor felt watching this idiot pull out in front of them. I mean when its a car you always assume theres a chance the people are ok but when you hit a guy on a lawnmower??? Maybe the alcohol kept him limber enough not to stiffin up on impact and thats what threw him clear. Oh well.

[Anonymous]

Hey! stop making fun! mowing the ashphault has become a sport in Quebec!

[Anonymous]

Hey! stop making fun! mowing the ashphault has become a sport in Quebec!

[swknox]

As far as the goat goes maybe he could get the goat from the Adam Sandler (hope thats how he spells his last name) comedy CD. You know the one where the goat is tied up and some guys come along untie him play football with him and offer him a beer. No no wait knowing that guy he would throw the football across the tracks with the goat going after it while a train was coming. Then again he could ride the goat across the tracks while both are intoxicated. Ok sorry about that I could not resist. I'll take my on advise and keep it about the trains. Stay safe!!!

[swknox]

As far as the goat goes maybe he could get the goat from the Adam Sandler (hope thats how he spells his last name) comedy CD. You know the one where the goat is tied up and some guys come along untie him play football with him and offer him a beer. No no wait knowing that guy he would throw the football across the tracks with the goat going after it while a train was coming. Then again he could ride the goat across the tracks while both are intoxicated. Ok sorry about that I could not resist. I'll take my on advise and keep it about the trains. Stay safe!!!

[Anonymous]

People do weird things when they are drunk. the guy was probably so drunk he didn't notice the train and that's hard to do. I've never been extremly drunk (i'm 16) so i don't know how it feels. Hows the mower? Was it his?

[Anonymous]

People do weird things when they are drunk. the guy was probably so drunk he didn't notice the train and that's hard to do. I've never been extremly drunk (i'm 16) so i don't know how it feels. Hows the mower? Was it his?

[sd452]

That isnot the stupidest thing I have heard. Here in Wisconsin a SOBER 37 year old man thought it would be cool to show his 14 year old son what happens when a switch is thrown. The Problem is He decided to do it while a train was using it. The train derailed killing him and taking out a fence, backyard playground for kids, and a kennle for a dog, along with several trees. His son thought it was a bad idea and so was over 50 feet away. Luckly there was no kids playing on the playground, so only the man and the dog where killed. I bet you the Father didn't win any parent of the year awards.

[sd452]

That isnot the stupidest thing I have heard. Here in Wisconsin a SOBER 37 year old man thought it would be cool to show his 14 year old son what happens when a switch is thrown. The Problem is He decided to do it while a train was using it. The train derailed killing him and taking out a fence, backyard playground for kids, and a kennle for a dog, along with several trees. His son thought it was a bad idea and so was over 50 feet away. Luckly there was no kids playing on the playground, so only the man and the dog where killed. I bet you the Father didn't win any parent of the year awards.

[Anonymous]

Drunkeness can be bad! I have had one bout, but not bad enough to make me drive the 'ol Snapper down the street and across the tracks, in hopes that I could maybe 'see' a train. Oh well...I guess it doesn't hurt to laugh...but not to hard...nah, never mind that!

[Anonymous]

Drunkeness can be bad! I have had one bout, but not bad enough to make me drive the 'ol Snapper down the street and across the tracks, in hopes that I could maybe 'see' a train. Oh well...I guess it doesn't hurt to laugh...but not to hard...nah, never mind that!

[Anonymous]

If I would have stayed drunk and stupid, instead of getting married and having kids, I would be a rich man today.
TIM A

[Anonymous]

If I would have stayed drunk and stupid, instead of getting married and having kids, I would be a rich man today.
TIM A

[mudchicken]

Valley Tenderfoot:

Train vs. House: Train catches housemovers cheating w/o either railroad or county's permission at an at-grade crossing. Engineer big-holed train when he saw it, but too late. SD40-2 enema through back porch of house (everything from cab forward into the house. Train struck center sill beams supporting the house, bending them. Only thing that stopped the locomotive. House & Contents a total loss. Locomotive lived to see another day.

Train vs. Apartment building: Double stack train on a 4 degree curve rolls over high rail (Acct. lubrication problem on center pin plate on top of truck), Drawbar & coupler knuckle break. Trailing cars behind the broken knuckle leave track and go tangent to the curve and directly into side of 3 story apartment building. Fortunately that end of the building was all stairwell and the accident happened at 3pm. Occupants of building OK, but upon getting home from work - what a surprise!

-mudchicken

[mudchicken]

Valley Tenderfoot:

Train vs. House: Train catches housemovers cheating w/o either railroad or county's permission at an at-grade crossing. Engineer big-holed train when he saw it, but too late. SD40-2 enema through back porch of house (everything from cab forward into the house. Train struck center sill beams supporting the house, bending them. Only thing that stopped the locomotive. House & Contents a total loss. Locomotive lived to see another day.

Train vs. Apartment building: Double stack train on a 4 degree curve rolls over high rail (Acct. lubrication problem on center pin plate on top of truck), Drawbar & coupler knuckle break. Trailing cars behind the broken knuckle leave track and go tangent to the curve and directly into side of 3 story apartment building. Fortunately that end of the building was all stairwell and the accident happened at 3pm. Occupants of building OK, but upon getting home from work - what a surprise!

-mudchicken

[Anonymous]

From the story I read about this on the web, the guy was drunk and he was mowing a lawn!, seems that the train tracks cross a private piece of land where he mows the grass, must have been blind drunk, the engineer tried to stop but not in time . The Headline was Man Hits Train With Lawn Mower, A while back I read one about house movers in Australia, they were moving a house at about 5:00 AM so they did not encounter any traffic on the road, but none of the movers checked on the railroad and the house was hit by a train while crossing the track, wonder what happened when the owner seen his house broken up into little pieces of wood. If you search the web you can find stories about trains hitting anything people try to get across a track and don't make it.
Bee line

[Anonymous]

From the story I read about this on the web, the guy was drunk and he was mowing a lawn!, seems that the train tracks cross a private piece of land where he mows the grass, must have been blind drunk, the engineer tried to stop but not in time . The Headline was Man Hits Train With Lawn Mower, A while back I read one about house movers in Australia, they were moving a house at about 5:00 AM so they did not encounter any traffic on the road, but none of the movers checked on the railroad and the house was hit by a train while crossing the track, wonder what happened when the owner seen his house broken up into little pieces of wood. If you search the web you can find stories about trains hitting anything people try to get across a track and don't make it.
Bee line

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by beeline

From the story I read about this on the web, the guy was drunk and he was mowing a lawn!, seems that the train tracks cross a private piece of land where he mows the grass, must have been blind drunk, the engineer tried to stop but not in time . The Headline was Man Hits Train With Lawn Mower, A while back I read one about house movers in Australia, they were moving a house at about 5:00 AM so they did not encounter any traffic on the road, but none of the movers checked on the railroad and the house was hit by a train while crossing the track, wonder what happened when the owner seen his house broken up into little pieces of wood. If you search the web you can find stories about trains hitting anything people try to get across a track and don't make it.
Bee line

Can you hook me up with the link? I really want to read about that story.
To TARGUBRIGHT: just how exactly being drunk and stupid make you rich?
To sd452: thank god the kid was smart enough to stay away. Sometimes we need to realize our parents are not as smart as we think they are....

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by beeline

From the story I read about this on the web, the guy was drunk and he was mowing a lawn!, seems that the train tracks cross a private piece of land where he mows the grass, must have been blind drunk, the engineer tried to stop but not in time . The Headline was Man Hits Train With Lawn Mower, A while back I read one about house movers in Australia, they were moving a house at about 5:00 AM so they did not encounter any traffic on the road, but none of the movers checked on the railroad and the house was hit by a train while crossing the track, wonder what happened when the owner seen his house broken up into little pieces of wood. If you search the web you can find stories about trains hitting anything people try to get across a track and don't make it.
Bee line

Can you hook me up with the link? I really want to read about that story.
To TARGUBRIGHT: just how exactly being drunk and stupid make you rich?
To sd452: thank god the kid was smart enough to stay away. Sometimes we need to realize our parents are not as smart as we think they are....

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Alaskaman

QUOTE: Originally posted by beeline

From the story I read about this on the web, the guy was drunk and he was mowing a lawn!, seems that the train tracks cross a private piece of land where he mows the grass, must have been blind drunk, the engineer tried to stop but not in time . The Headline was Man Hits Train With Lawn Mower, A while back I read one about house movers in Australia, they were moving a house at about 5:00 AM so they did not encounter any traffic on the road, but none of the movers checked on the railroad and the house was hit by a train while crossing the track, wonder what happened when the owner seen his house broken up into little pieces of wood. If you search the web you can find stories about trains hitting anything people try to get across a track and don't make it.
Bee line

Can you hook me up with the link? I really want to read about that story.
To TARGUBRIGHT: just how exactly being drunk and stupid make you rich?
To sd452: thank god the kid was smart enough to stay away. Sometimes we need to realize our parents are not as smart as we think they are....

The link http://www.nbc10.com/news/2468675/detail.html to the story.
Bee Line

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Alaskaman

QUOTE: Originally posted by beeline

From the story I read about this on the web, the guy was drunk and he was mowing a lawn!, seems that the train tracks cross a private piece of land where he mows the grass, must have been blind drunk, the engineer tried to stop but not in time . The Headline was Man Hits Train With Lawn Mower, A while back I read one about house movers in Australia, they were moving a house at about 5:00 AM so they did not encounter any traffic on the road, but none of the movers checked on the railroad and the house was hit by a train while crossing the track, wonder what happened when the owner seen his house broken up into little pieces of wood. If you search the web you can find stories about trains hitting anything people try to get across a track and don't make it.
Bee line

Can you hook me up with the link? I really want to read about that story.
To TARGUBRIGHT: just how exactly being drunk and stupid make you rich?
To sd452: thank god the kid was smart enough to stay away. Sometimes we need to realize our parents are not as smart as we think they are....

The link http://www.nbc10.com/news/2468675/detail.html to the story.
Bee Line

[dekemd]

I can't seem to find the link right now but a while back I found an article about a woman, who was sober, that walked into the side of a moving locomotive. The were switching an industry and according to the crew, the woman was looking at something down the tracks and walked into the side of the fuel tank.

Derrick

[dekemd]

I can't seem to find the link right now but a while back I found an article about a woman, who was sober, that walked into the side of a moving locomotive. The were switching an industry and according to the crew, the woman was looking at something down the tracks and walked into the side of the fuel tank.

Derrick

[Anonymous]

Alaska, before I was married I had several tavern's I would frequent. Back then if I had less than $500.00 in my wallet, that meant I had to go to the bank. I would collect pay checks on top of the refrigerator. The company I worked for would call me up and tell me by the check number, which checks I needed to cash, so they could balance out there books. But I fell in love and got married. Now I have two boy's who out grow clothes in less then a year, and a morgage bigger then a steam engine and I have not been to a bar in five years!!! I should have stayed drunk and stupid.
TIM A

[Anonymous]

Alaska, before I was married I had several tavern's I would frequent. Back then if I had less than $500.00 in my wallet, that meant I had to go to the bank. I would collect pay checks on top of the refrigerator. The company I worked for would call me up and tell me by the check number, which checks I needed to cash, so they could balance out there books. But I fell in love and got married. Now I have two boy's who out grow clothes in less then a year, and a morgage bigger then a steam engine and I have not been to a bar in five years!!! I should have stayed drunk and stupid.
TIM A