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Re: Two Luckiest Women In The World - ezdays - 10-09-2014 TrainNut Wrote:A view from Bing images of the bridge...That shot brings the whole thing in a different light, glad you we able to find the location. BTW, good to see you again, it's been too long, I hope you're back into MRR again, but regardless, it's always good to see you. Re: Two Luckiest Women In The World - MountainMan - 10-09-2014 TrainNut Wrote:A view from Bing images of the bridge... So they took the obvious shortcut, as I did many times when I was a kid. Re: Two Luckiest Women In The World - Ralph - 10-09-2014 That is a lengthy bridge. Not to encourage walking on RR trestles but I image most folks would think a short one would be worth the risk...but this one must have taken some time to get across...way too much time for the possibility of a train! Re: Two Luckiest Women In The World - Bob C - 11-03-2014 Just a guess, but that percussive air blast in the cab at the beginning of the video was likely the Engineer putting the train "in the Big Hole" - Emergency. Trains do take a while to stop, especially if heavily loaded - 100 cars of coal grosses-out (the weight you have to stop) at ~ 13,000 TONS (26,000,000 pounds !)...ask Sir Isaac Newton about mass & Inertia. Re: Two Luckiest Women In The World - Brakie - 11-06-2014 Bob C Wrote:Just a guess, but that percussive air blast in the cab at the beginning of the video was likely the Engineer putting the train "in the Big Hole" - Emergency. Trains do take a while to stop, especially if heavily loaded - 100 cars of coal grosses-out (the weight you have to stop) at ~ 13,000 TONS (26,000,000 pounds !)...ask Sir Isaac Newton about mass & Inertia. Yes,that escaping air sound was the engineer applying a EA of the brakes after that you're along for the ride as your train stops and it will be awhile before that 13,000 tons stops. Re: Two Luckiest Women In The World - TrainNut - 04-26-2015 Took a Sunday drive to go out and see this bridge today. I did climb up to the top but I did not go past the no trespassing sign. Re: Two Luckiest Women In The World - MountainMan - 04-27-2015 You make your choice and you take your chances. They're lucky they weren't jailed for trespass and endangering the crew and equipment. As Ron White says: "You can't fix stupid." |