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Runaway train engine stopped near Nampa, Idaho
Idaho Statesman ^
| 06/05/03
| Staff Writer, Idaho Statesman
Posted on 06/05/2003 1:38:50 PM PDT by bedolido
An Idaho State Patrol motorcycle trooper helped stop a runaway train engine heading west near Nampa at about 1 p.m. today. Federal rail officials said the locomotive, without power, broke away from a train in Boise and rolled to Nampa. The train was stopped without injuries or damage.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: runaway; train
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Not much happens here in the beautiful northwest. A train runs away and it's big news. I love it here!
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posted on
06/05/2003 1:38:50 PM PDT
by
bedolido
To: bedolido
Well, it would be helpful to know how the cop stopped the engine. Did he ride along beside it, dump his motorcycle and wrestle it down like a steer? Enquiring minds want to know.
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posted on
06/05/2003 1:41:15 PM PDT
by
Mind-numbed Robot
(Not all things that need to be done need to be done by the government.)
To: bedolido
Was it carrying a little sack tied to the end of a stick?
Did they determine why it ran away? Maybe it just wanted to see it anyone could track it down?
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posted on
06/05/2003 1:41:58 PM PDT
by
theDentist
(So. This is Virginia.... where are all the virgins?)
To: theDentist
Was Jon Voigt standing on top of the engine?
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posted on
06/05/2003 1:43:32 PM PDT
by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
To: bedolido
No doubt a great ChiPs moment. And we thought such things only happened on the LA freeway system.
Eric Estrada, eat your heart out.
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posted on
06/05/2003 1:45:07 PM PDT
by
Mr.Atos
To: bedolido
I'm glad the found it a train on the milk carton would have been just plain weird.
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posted on
06/05/2003 1:46:12 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Paper or plastic? That is the question.)
To: bedolido
Cripes, what street? My hometown (and current residence) in the news!
So far, the big news around here has been the widening of Garrity Blvd. Everything else is all Boise (the former dishonorable mayor coles and his ilk).
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posted on
06/05/2003 1:47:41 PM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(Go Fast, Turn Left!)
To: Doctor Stochastic
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posted on
06/05/2003 1:49:59 PM PDT
by
Hatteras
(The Thundering Herd Of Turtles ROCK!)
To: Mind-numbed Robot
Well, it would be helpful to know how the cop stopped the engine. Did he ride along beside it, dump his motorcycle and wrestle it down like a steer? Enquiring minds want to know.Industrial strength 'stop-sticks' thrown down in front off the engine?
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posted on
06/05/2003 1:52:07 PM PDT
by
_Jim
(http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20030320/09/)
To: Hatteras
"Yous gonna get us outta here, ain't dat right Manny?!!!!"
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posted on
06/05/2003 2:01:56 PM PDT
by
Hatteras
(The Thundering Herd Of Turtles ROCK!)
To: Mind-numbed Robot
I thought those engines had an external access point for shutdown and activating the brakes. True or false?
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posted on
06/05/2003 2:06:39 PM PDT
by
meatloaf
To: bedolido
Marge: Homer we've got someone coming to help!
Homer: Batman?
Marge: No, not batman. A scientist.
Homer: Batman was a scientist.
Marge: It's not batman!
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posted on
06/05/2003 2:06:46 PM PDT
by
Spruce
To: bedolido
In my hometown when I lived at home, an un-manned locomotive section broke loose with the throttle wide open. It ran several miles and over several crossings before turning over on a curve only yards from our house. Fortunately, no one was hurt.
To: meatloaf
I don't know. It would also have been helpful to know the speed of the engine. Was it creeping, coasting, or barrelling? Those local reporters don't waste many words, do they, especially for a blockbuster story like this?
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posted on
06/05/2003 2:14:22 PM PDT
by
Mind-numbed Robot
(Not all things that need to be done need to be done by the government.)
To: Doctor Stochastic
Jon Voigt the actor, or Jon Voigt the dentist?
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posted on
06/05/2003 2:14:30 PM PDT
by
theDentist
(So. This is Virginia.... where are all the virgins?)
To: theDentist
Didn't 'Voigt' make basketballs at some point too?
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posted on
06/05/2003 2:17:40 PM PDT
by
_Jim
(http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20030320/09/)
To: Doctor Stochastic
Was Jon Voigt standing on top of the engine? My late Father-in-Law's favorite flick.
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posted on
06/05/2003 2:19:21 PM PDT
by
TC Rider
(The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
To: bedolido
Stop or I'll Shoot!
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posted on
06/05/2003 2:20:11 PM PDT
by
TexasBlues
(Life's a song but I may be a little out of tune...)
To: bedolido
Engine could be heard audibly saying, "I think I can. I think I can. I think I can. I think I can. I think I can. I think I can. I think I can. I think I can."
To: theDentist
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posted on
06/05/2003 2:23:40 PM PDT
by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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