Luckiest Track Inspector In The World
Monday, January 18th, 2010 Posted in Bizarre, Prototype, Video | 2 Comments »Special thanks to long-time member and forum moderator DAPeterson for pointing us to this interesting video of the luckiest (and quickest) Track Inspector in the world... GAUX Adds: Anyone else old enough to remember the game "Frogger"?
Hand-Forged Railroad Spike Knives… How Cool!
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 Posted in Bizarre, Prototype | 2 Comments »Andy Alm has a fantastic skill... Very entertaining to watch!
Miracle Save? Yes… Mother of The Year? Perhaps not.
Monday, October 26th, 2009 Posted in Bizarre, Prototype, Video | 6 Comments »Watch this, if you dare. Comments on where the situation went bad? GAUX Vote: "and then mommy let go..." The 6 month old child survived with barely a bump on the head.
Proof Locomotive Is The Safest Place To Ride-Out Tornado
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 Posted in Bizarre, Prototype, Video | 3 Comments »What are the odds, you might ask? This video proves it is possible... If you happen to be on a moving freight train that takes a direct hit from a tornado; follow these easy steps: 1) Thank your higher-power for a seat in ...
Close Call For Rescuers In Croatia Rail Accident
Sunday, July 26th, 2009 Posted in Bizarre, News, Prototype, Video | 4 Comments »Many thanks to Stian Storengen from Norway, who sent this link to me; it is definately worth sharing! I'm a Firefighter and Paramedic, so it is difficult for me not to be critical of this railroad accident scene in Croatia. I understand they do ...
San Francisco Muni Crash Exposes Routine Policy-Failures
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 Posted in News, Prototype, Video | No Comments »New video of last Saturday’s (July 18 2009) collision between two Muni trains was released Wednesday, showing images that a Muni spokesman described as “flat-out disturbing.” The video of the accident from cameras mounted inside the West Portal Muni station where ...
Florida’s Disneyworld Is Site of Unlikely Fatal Train Wreck
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 Posted in Bizarre, News, Prototype, Video | 2 Comments »A monorail accident early Sunday morning killed a train operator at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., according to emergency officials. One train rear-ended another at about 2 a.m. EDT on the EPCOT track near the Disney World parking lot as ...
It Reminds Me of Something My Mom Used To Say…
Sunday, June 14th, 2009 Posted in Prototype, Video | 1 Comment »I can clearly remember mom saying (more than once), "Would you jump off a cliff just because you saw someone else do it?" The meaning, of course, is not do do something stupid when you see some other idiot get away ...
Proof That North Korea’s Pyongyang Is Also A Railfan
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 Posted in News, Prototype | No Comments »1959 saw the debut of Lionel's #44 Army Mobile Launcher. This missile-laden locomotive gave electric trains a combative edge. Four small rockets could be fired from the back of the locomotive, either by use of a remote track, or by ...
Abandoned Communist USSR Railways Make Great Photos
Thursday, June 4th, 2009 Posted in Photo, Prototype | 2 Comments »I was wandering around the internet and stumbled on a site called "English Russia" which has facinating photos and articles about Russia; especially old Russia. The entire site is very interesting, but there are 2 postings that really caught my attention... ...
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