Trucula Drum Driver Apr 3, 2007 #1 So much for scenic train rides!!!!! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11668535/
Steve B Firefighter Apr 3, 2007 #2 That's quite fast, WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I would NOT like to be standing trackside with that flying past, just one loose lump of ballast and that would be it, splat
That's quite fast, WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I would NOT like to be standing trackside with that flying past, just one loose lump of ballast and that would be it, splat
R rock4329 Member Apr 3, 2007 #3 I'd be trackside, but at a safe distance!! Where I WOULDN'T want to be is IN the train during a derailment!!!!!
I'd be trackside, but at a safe distance!! Where I WOULDN'T want to be is IN the train during a derailment!!!!!
dnhouston Member Apr 3, 2007 #4 With speeds like that, passenger trains might actually be able to make a come-back over here!
kingfr WPMRM Apr 3, 2007 #5 I think I would wait a few years before riding on them... I want to be sure of their safety!
jbaakko Diesel Detail Freak Apr 3, 2007 #6 Alstom, eh? Didn't/don't they do rebuilds here!? 357MPH, that coul get me to Vegas in about an hour and a half!
Alstom, eh? Didn't/don't they do rebuilds here!? 357MPH, that coul get me to Vegas in about an hour and a half!
M Myowngod Pennsy Tuscan Red Blood Apr 3, 2007 #7 HOlY WOW Bang Zooey Yikes The skin on my face is peeled back just watching that.
C CIOR Central Indiana & Ohio RR Apr 4, 2007 #8 jbaakko said: Alstom, eh? Didn't/don't they do rebuilds here!? Click to expand... Yes, and that would be the one thing to keep me off that train if I ever went there. I've ran a few of their prize rebuilds and lets just say, not pretty.
jbaakko said: Alstom, eh? Didn't/don't they do rebuilds here!? Click to expand... Yes, and that would be the one thing to keep me off that train if I ever went there. I've ran a few of their prize rebuilds and lets just say, not pretty.
Steve B Firefighter Apr 4, 2007 #9 I would not like to ride one on CSX tracks after what i saw in the news last week