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Eastern Railroad Discussion > OOPS a Little Too Far BackDate: 11/24/15 12:23 OOPS a Little Too Far Back Author: jmbreitigan While out on an errand today I passed by a frac sand facility near Eighty Four, PA. While going by I noticed that one of the red bumpers at the end of two tracks did not look right. I pulled in the entrance way and scampered over and took two quick photos and left. It must have been one heck of a bump to bend the rail.
John   Date: 11/24/15 12:34 Re: OOPS a Little Too Far Back Author: train544 Hi JM
Man looks like they knocked the springs out of everything,springs laying everywhere Nice catch of the bad action Tom Boylan Date: 11/24/15 12:46 Re: OOPS a Little Too Far Back Author: P It worked!
Date: 11/24/15 14:20 Re: OOPS a Little Too Far Back Author: ctillnc Yes, the engineer who designed that bumper is proud today.
Date: 11/24/15 14:20 Re: OOPS a Little Too Far Back Author: prr4828 "Half a car ... twenty feet ... anywhere you can get 'em stopped" CRUNCH "that'll doo!"
* JB * Date: 11/24/15 14:53 Re: OOPS a Little Too Far Back Author: EMD100469 Wow, they havnt fixed it. That car has been there like that for the better part of a month.
Date: 11/24/15 14:54 Re: OOPS a Little Too Far Back Author: steve_misky Maybe like a NASCAR 'safer barrier' designed to give a bit in a hard hit..
Posted from Android Date: 11/24/15 15:13 Re: OOPS a Little Too Far Back Author: Out_Of_Service EMD100469 Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Wow, they havnt fixed it. That car has been there > like that for the better part of a month. well they might not have saw the bumper but they'll definitely see that covered hopper ... nice catch John ... Date: 11/24/15 15:36 Re: OOPS a Little Too Far Back Author: Chooch What surprises me is that the wheels are so rusty that the car must have been sitting there for quite some time.
Happy Thanksgiving to all. Jim Hatboro, PA Date: 11/24/15 17:33 Re: OOPS a Little Too Far Back Author: jim6300loco Back in the old days when the railroads still had firemen in the cab (diesel Era Too) the Engineer would say to the Fireman "Watch the Bump!" and then CABAM! I was in many a cab when that happened and you got thrown a few feet if you didn't brace yourself. Neat pics John.
jim Date: 11/25/15 04:10 Re: OOPS a Little Too Far Back Author: jmbreitigan Chooch Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > What surprises me is that the wheels are so rusty > that the car must have been sitting there for > quite some time. > > Happy Thanksgiving to all. > > Jim > Hatboro, PA Jim, I found out that a few loaded frac sand cars got away from the track mobile they use to move them around. And this happened about a month ago. John Date: 11/25/15 04:45 Re: OOPS a Little Too Far Back Author: agrafton Right place at right time, interesting photo and apparently the bumper works as designed.
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