If you want to make an Omelet, you gotta break some eggs

[RetroLounge]

Just thought you might like to see what happened to Canadian Pacific train #199/13 between Glenwood, MN and Elbow Lake, MN on the morning of 12-14-07.

It happened at Barrett, MN, 32 miles west of Glenwood and 7 1/2 miles east of Elbow Lake.

The semi was loaded with eggs, and the train struck the semi trailer in front of the rear wheels, splitting the trailer in half.







RL

[PeaceNikki]

1. Wow!!!

:wow:

Thank jeebus for power washers, I guess!!

[Breeze54]

2. Naw... I'll pass!

Thanks for the offer though. ;)

[skygazer]

3. Wow! That's no yolk!

I never would have eggspected such a thing. It will take a long time for the engineer to get ova that one. But that's what you get for playing chicken....

:hide:

[RetroLounge]

4. ...

Glad you broke out of your shell.

:rofl:

RL

[skygazer]

5. Give a poor chick a break

:P

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. Another visual reminder to just sit back, relax, and wait for the train to pass.

Trying to "beat" the train is a losing scenario and not worth the risk.



The semi trailer is shredded. The train probably has some paint scratches.

[blueknight]

7. retired rr engineer here

30 years and hit 13 vehicles. worse one was a dump truck full of gravel. seem like those rocks were never going to quit hitting the engine

[RetroLounge]

8. In your 30 years of experience...

did you find "Operation Lifesaver" to be an effective program?

RL

[blueknight]

9. no not really,

but the company officers loved it, because they could sit on their collective fat asses and act like they were doing something constuctive

[RetroLounge]

13. That's what I thought.

More about PR than anything...

:hi:

RL

[blueknight]

14. retro

you would not believe the ass kissing that goes on for one of them jobs. they draw their salary and get paid mileage to go to all these elementary schools to talk to children about driving on the tracks. and modt of the kids they talk to wont be driving for years. but the railroad LOVES the good pr it generates

[RetroLounge]

18. And it lets them repaint a few locomotives

and pull a caboose from the dead line and paint it up pretty.



RL

[wain]

19. How did you know about "Operation Lifesaver?"

Great question, because I never heard of it, but the train engineer picked right up on it. Is it a program by a railroad consortium that provides safety materials to public schools?

[Arugula Latte]

10. Nice post, Stalin.

:D

[FloridaJudy]

11. Nice post, Humpty Dumpty

That is one enormous fucking omelet.

[hisownpetard]

12. Ah, yes - but what you DIDN'T show is what happened 2.43 seconds later when the

train carrying buttered toast derailed...

[datasuspect]

15. some heat lamps, torches, or other heat sources

would make that scene more interesting.


and tasty!

[unpossibles]

16. cue the pack of starving feral dogs

at least that's how it works in my house.

And I suppose "starving dog" is kind of redundant.

[Parche]

17. Eggselent Pictures

At least you are back on track........:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

20. That last picture, with the train covered in eggs!

:rofl: