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Uke


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Lead unit on a Seattle bound grainer [corn] that smacked an auto-carrier tractor-trailer.

And acquired a new 'hood ornament' for GE...
At least temporarily. She was sitting in 11 stall awaiting the boilermaker's torch as we clocked out.

Upper left corner of the nose shows a distinct wheel impression from the Toyota [?] that came ta rest after the meet!



-- Edited by Uke at 10:39, 2009-02-02

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Oh yeah...mntman will probably post a few more of the left-rear side of 5005 where the trailer came ta rest as impact settled.

The whip-saw motion swung the trailer 'round along side the unit, and tore up handrails, etc.

Amazingly enough, no injuries, and no majot damage to the 5005.

The automobiles? Scrap metal, glass and plastic. From what I've heard a few Cadillacs were on the carrier. Oooops...

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Uke wrote:

The automobiles? Scrap metal, glass and plastic. From what I've heard a few Cadillacs were on the carrier. Oooops...

Tell ya what Uke... I thought that was a Cadillac on the nose of the engine...The tail lights look like a Cadillac...

I can just hear Darryl Waltrip about that wheel mark on the engine...."Oh man thats just tradin paint...Thats racin...vrooommm vrooomm"!




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Yeah Clalvlin...yer probly right. One of our grunts was close at hand after that one. He'd mentioned the Caddy on the nose... From scrap ta scrap! Oh well... All recyclable shit. Let's make six Kias, or Hyundais! Four Hondas, a Toyota or three...

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IMG_0066-1.JPGWell I'll give it a try.. Only got a couple of the side..  yawn

-- Edited by mntman at 02:57, 2009-02-03

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Most of the damage...although mostly 'cosmetic,' and not all that serious, the shop vultures began pilfering essential mechanical pieces ta keep other GEs running...

With BNsf laying up power systemwide, they won't miss the 5005 for a few more weeks...or months!

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Did it smell like shit in the cab Uke? Especially around
the engineers stand/seat.

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Slap a Gonerail door on it call it good.

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Nah. Didn't venture inside the cab, or onto her yet. Figure this time it's all boilermaker/pipefitter/cab-carpenter work. With a few dabs of paint in places.

If there's any machinst work at all, it'll be wheel truing only. Heard the hogger plugged her at 40-MPH...and slid the entire train half-a-mile.

You know damn well there's wheel work there! But it'll wait for everyone else ta finish up.

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Well we got her sister out tonite after dayshift put new mounts on for the front main resivour tank..  Welder does some nice work..  Only thing is that they filled the tank after emptying the fuel with water..  Was draining when we got there and finally finished about 9 o'clock.. That was 6 hours too drain what say 5000 gallons..  Only took about fifteen minutes too fuel it..  Air was good and it loaded so another maker for the team..... 

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