so... Who ran into all the sheep???

[BCGPER]

lol and crying

 

[TRNDRVR]

I would have liked to see that!

I hit a cow once doing 80 mph. Popped like a fawking water balloon. Hit that thing hard enough, it flew about 20 feet in the air and right over our windshield. Nasty!!!

 

[Greg]

I hit a cow once doing 80 mph. Popped like a fawking water balloon. Hit that thing hard enough, it flew about 20 feet in the air and right over our windshield. Nasty!!!

Sooo.... where'd it land?!?

 

[TRNDRVR]

I like the insinuation there: "A Union Pacific train plowed right through the flock and kept right on going."

Like I would ever stop for a flock of sheep. If it ain't a dark signal, I ain't stopping.

 

[TRNDRVR]

Sooo.... where'd it land?!?

Off to the side of the right-a-way. Happened just West of Delle. Between Delle and Marblehead. It just layed there and rotted away.

 

[I Lean]

I hit a cow once doing 80 mph. Popped like a fawking water balloon. Hit that thing hard enough, it flew about 20 feet in the air and right over our windshield. Nasty!!!

80 MPH, eh? That's speeding, ya know....

 

[Brad]

Wait, Carl is an railroad engineer now? When did this happen?

 

[I Lean]

Wait, Carl is an railroad engineer now? When did this happen?

Nope, not an Engineer yet....prolly at least a couple years off for that one. (it's in my future though)

Currently a Conductor. (the Engineer's boss )

 

[TRNDRVR]

80 MPH, eh? That's speeding, ya know....

Only by 1. Maximum authorized speed for Amtrak is 79 mph.

....Currently a Conductor. (the Engineer's boss )

That's funny!!!

 

[gksspot]

Story-"Spanish Fork police gave the sheep owners permission to shoot a neighbor's dog the next day."


Wow you get to shoot any old dog cause your sheep got chased by one! That seems unfair

 

[I Lean]

Only by 1. Maximum authorized speed for Amtrak is 79 mph.

I know.

That's funny!!!

 

[TRNDRVR]

How you liking the road so far???

 

[I Lean]

How you liking the road so far???

I actually like it quite a bit! The schedule kinda sucks, but the work itself isn't bad. (except for the other night, when it took us over 3 hours to make it out of the yard. )

Next up is RCL training.....

 

[Tacoma]

I wonder how that whole dog shoot went... "uh, hey neighbor, your dog chased all my sheep into a train, so... he's gotta go, and Deputy Coltrane here says I get to shoot him."

Or was it like, "sorry, citizen... lets' grab the binoculars, I'll call windage for ya!"

 

[chadschoon]

so exactly how fast could an amtrak go???

 

[TRNDRVR]

so exactly how fast could an amtrak go???

Depends. Out here where I run, it's 79 mph. Some parts of BNSF territory with ATS (automatic train stop) 90 mph. East coast, up to 150 mph. All depends on the territory we run on.

 

[chadschoon]

holy crap

 

[way2nosty]

! no doubt. mass x velocity = force 500 ton train traveling at 150 miles /hour WOW!

 

[TRNDRVR]

500 ton train

That's equivalent to a couple of boxcars. Try 5000-ton train.

The heaviest train I ever had in my freight days was just shy of 19,000 tons.

 

[JoeT]

Got a dash cam? Video of train vs. anything *shudder*. I'm sorry but if I had seen vid of that train slicing and dicing those 127 sheep, I'd laugh my butt off.