09-06-2010, 04:55 PM
jim currie Wrote:Gary that wasen't ment as a derogatory statment i just am stuck on dialup with a broken accelerator right now i'm zipping along at a whopping 48kbps :cry:
No problem, Jim. I knew there were some of us still on dial-up, was trying to remember if you were one of them. But I did think my reply was kind of witty.... just having some fun.
I did think it commendable that you had read the text. I think many of us can be guilty of looking at the photos but not really reading what is written.
jim currie Wrote:the one in colorado happened in 1968(if memory serves me :? ) it was a branch line to several mines , most were closed down the last one on the branch was the monark mine still opperating at the time, a cut of empty gons were being pushed up the line somthing caused the lead gon to derail just before the trestle, caboose (no rear brakeman to watch )was next to the loco they dident know it was off till they seen a gon flip up on end the lead truck went through the deck and loco kept pushing till it fliped the gon up ripping most of the deck and the stringers off hence the quick repair.
jim
Seems logical that a cut being pushed could do more damage than one being dragged. Makes sense to me. Thanks for that info!
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