Pardon me, monsieur, does your moonkee have a billet de chemin de fer?
Posted on 07/05/2009 2:59:06 PM PDT by EveningStar
It does seem that applying the brakes was mistake. I thought, though, that the freight car’s air brakes would automatically engage when they were disconnected from the train, like a semi-truck.
I think the brakes will apply automatically if there is a break in the air line. But . . . yeah, this is a case where that feature may have been detrimental.
They do, but it takes forever to stop. Think about the resistance of metal wheel on metal track (and the higher inertia) vs rubber on concrete
It looked like the rear cars continued into the car with the camera. Of course the car with the camera was dragging a five car anchor, so it may have slowed a lot faster than the cars behind it, brakes notwithstanding.
After I posted that I realized that the car with camera had a five car anchor, so it stopped much faster than the cars behind it.
Sir Topham Hatt is going to be very, very cross. You’ve caused confusion and delay! Luckly, no one was hurt.
You don’t have to watch the whole thing to get to the crash, here it is with only 5 seconds to go before the crash...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFe0846RgWc#t=1m05s
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Holy crap!
Once saw a tornado in Texas push over a large highway sign with 12" I-Beams for poles like it was a twig.
Thanks. I didn’t know you could do that. :)
The video is from the “Dash Cam” of the last locomotive pulling the train.
Just before the car tipped over you can hear the escaping air from the parted brake line. The rest of the train, behind the car,soon to tipped over,was being slowed.
When the car tipped over, the couplers did not part and the locomotives were slowed much faster than with the brakes alone, having to drag the car along the ground.the rest of the train then caught up with the locomotives with the rsulting crash
It was fortunate that the tipped over car ended up as it did. It prevented the tank car from hitting the engines full on. Tank cars are to be feared!
Awesome!
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Pardon me, monsieur, does your moonkee have a billet de chemin de fer?
Kids these days...
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