I don't think so.

[michaeljoe]

Something tells me that this isn't going to work.

 

[AuburnCentral]

It won’t but it will. Trains no lol but other things going over it it will keep the hose from being forced down between the pavement and rails and getting damaged

 

[Selector]

A train might make it over that, but at speed it could be a mess. If it has to slow to walking speed, a two or three axle truck should make it over without derailing. As I said, whatever's inside the items of rolling stock will be messed up, though.

 

[Canalligator]

Over? No way. 100 ton loco will slice through easily.

 

[Twinboystrains]

Train 1, hose 0. Definitely a water park spray afterwards.

 

[RhB Michael]

That was originally a joke by a Belgian fireman. However, I could see it as a warning to the train driver that there is something crossing the tracks.

 

[Selector]

I have some wide-eyed reactions to my post earlier. I had a secret though...I had seen this video long, long ago...maybe 15 years now:

youtube video of ww ii train running over broken tracks - Search Videos

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[Selector]

Over? No way. 100 ton loco will slice through easily.

They're closer to 200 tons these years, but you may be correct. I don't know the materials involved, and if a fireman or two can carry them, they're probably not heavy enough to launch a locomotive over them. So, agreed. But my point was, if they present a barrier to the rolling stock, and with their apparent angled faces, those items can ride over them without derailing in all probability. Just a really nasty, and noisy, lurch and bangs. Further, any train running at more than 20 mph, and with no prior warning from dispatchers, is going to hit that....so, I would think they offer no 'warning'.

 

[Twinboystrains]

Hose ramps work for smaller vehicles. Aluminum only holds so much weight. Spent 15 years as a volunteer firefighter. Normally you don’t stop to think to place the ramps before charging the hose. Our supply lines were 5 inch lines. Once charged, you weren’t moving them. Our pumper was a 1,000 gallon a minute rated. At approximately 8 pounds per gallon the weight added up fast.