07-12-2009, 08:10 PM
jbaakko Wrote:On my way home from NM last night I beat a train by about 2 minutes, and I was trying too, partially because my car was overheating in the 90+ degree temp of the desert, at 9PM!You're very lucky that the engine didn't die while you were on the tracks! When the car is acting sketchy (ie overheating, 'low oil' light or just plain dying), just park it at the first safe place you find and don't try to beat the train. You could have died. We don't want that happening to you.