Common sense................

[DragonRider]

Notice the Union Pacific truck in the corner of one of the pictures…

 

 

 

FYI...The Good news?: It was a normal day in Sharon Springs, KS when a Union Pacific crew boarded a loaded coal train to head on the long trek back to Salina, KS.

 

 

 

The Bad news?: Just a few miles into the trip a wheel bearing became overheated and melted off letting the truck support drop down and grind on top of the rail creating white hot molten metal droppings to spew downward on the rail.

 

 

 

 

 

The Good news?: A very alert crew noticed a small amount of smoke about halfway back in the train and immediately stopped the train in compliance with the rules.

 

 

 

The Bad news?: The train just happened to stop with the hot wheel on top of a wooden bridge built with creosote ties and trusses. Remember now, this train was loaded with coal !!!

http://www.rockinghamremembered.com/CoalTrain1.JPG

http://www.rockinghamremembered.com/CoalTrain2.JPG

 

 

http://www.rockinghamremembered.com/CoalTrain3.JPG

http://www.rockinghamremembered.com/CoalTrain4.JPG

 

http://www.rockinghamremembered.com/CoalTrain5.JPG

http://www.rockinghamremembered.com/CoalTrain6.JPG

RULES ARE RULES! Don't let common sense get in the way of a good disaster!

 

[skidrow]

Too Bad The Pic's Are Missing.

[halfwitt]

I believe these would be the missing pics...

 

http://www.rockinghamremembered.com/CoalTrain.html

[DragonRider]

Pretty interesting stuff on that site....................Dont know what happened to the pics the first time...........thats the second time that has happened to my pictures in a post...........they show on my computer till someone else looks and then I go back and they are gone............gremlins or what.

[dray]

i see the pic's ok

[Dano]

Me too.

[Nighthawk II]

I've worked for an Eastern Railroad for 29 years and we have a little saying that goes, "Intelligence and common sense will not be tolerated in the railroad industry". The ones who make up the rules that we have to work by have never seen the outside of their office. The ones who do come around and watch how we do our job still don't have any idea as to what we are doing.

 

That's a nice BBQ they have going there....Makes me wonder if they remembered to bring the steaks.

[Mariner Fan]

Good story. Man, that trestle really went up!

[kantornado]

That makes good sense to me.

 

I used to work for CNW RR out of Chicago as a bridge builder. The crew was just looking out for the Brotherhood of Maintenance of way workers and supplying them with job security.

 

It will cost millions to rebuild the bridge and look at all the people who get to go to work.

 

The investigators, photographers, crane operators, iron workers, fire, police, track crews, spike crews, engineers, architects, surveyors, train crews, bridge crews, insurance companies.

 

Man the list just gos on and on............................Ron:cool10: