Trains vs Trucks Make Good Photo Ops
#1
05-14-2010, 01:59 PM
Trains vs Trucks Make Good Photo Ops
This was yesterday in North Carolina. It isn't hard to imagine how much worse this could have been . .
Photos Capture Moments Before, After Amtrak Crash - WGHP This is today in Detroit . . 4 hurt as truck, train crash in Detroit | detnews.com | The Detroit News The NC wreck appears to be self explanatory. The low boy either got hung up or broke down on the tracks. In the Detroit wreck, the truck driver claims the train jumped it's track and came after him. The investigation continues.
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#2
05-15-2010, 01:53 AM
The kid who took the pictures is a high school student studying photography, I see an A+ in her future
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#3
05-15-2010, 03:45 AM
I bet that Carolina one hurt something fierce for the train. That Ex is not a wimpy opponent against a train as you can see by pic 13 in the gallery. The Ex is still in decent shape, needs a new track and some side body work.
#4
05-16-2010, 05:17 AM
That does happen time to time with an RGN. It doesnt take much to get hung up on things. You can see the driver at the trailer trying to rise the trailer up to get off the tracks. Guess he wasnt fast enough.
When i drove RGN at my last company if i came to RR crossing I used to hammer down. Then you just kinda glide over them.
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#5
05-16-2010, 06:14 AM
I belive thats the exact excavator I run at work sometimes. Only ours has an extended reach boom for dipping silt out of a silt dam. You're correct in that they are beasts.
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#6
05-16-2010, 10:04 AM
That does happen time to time with an RGN. It doesnt take much to get hung up on things. You can see the driver at the trailer trying to rise the trailer up to get off the tracks. Guess he wasnt fast enough.
When i drove RGN at my last company if i came to RR crossing I used to hammer down. Then you just kinda glide over them. Train severs carhauler stuck on tracks TransportFool
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05-16-2010, 11:43 AM
or come across at an angle........carhaulers have a hard time with them also.......
Train severs carhauler stuck on tracks TransportFool .
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#9
06-02-2010, 03:10 PM
i can only imagine how much damage was caused to the cars..and that they were all lexuss', huge repair bill on the way
#10
06-04-2010, 06:22 AM
Trucker survives train collision | GJSentinel.com
This story is from yesterday in CO and it includes an interview with the driver. Somethin' tells me he isn't being entirely truthful . .
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