That's why they call 'em DERAILS! They drop ya like a stone. Especially when ya run over one!
One of our machinists went down ta move a unit from the service area ta the roho... He dropped the derail ahead of the unit ta be moved. Helper comes out...looks at the derail, puts it back up. Signals ta our machinist ta come ahead... He thinks it's cool ta make the move.
He didn't feel the first wheel, which was way out front of a three axle SD truck. He definitely felt the second hit, cuz it was under his ass! By the time he grabbed the brakes, he was down three!
The unit behind him was on line tu! And pushed him...by that time, it was up ta the house ta wait on the piss lady!
His only comment, "So that's what it feels like ta run a derail!"
When we left, "Big Bird" was in ta pick the unit up onta rails! Instead of one bad gear case...we get ta replace 3!
She came in for ONE...bad gear case from a previous drop! Talk about irony!
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That's happened countless times, I'll bet. When I read it, I thought of twice that I remember it happened to guys I knew, they flip it without really looking at it.
Yeah, but most experienced hostlers and engineers wouldn't grab another couple of notches after the initial wheel drop.
Maybe we're talking about a longer move than I'm envisioning, but, at 5 mph, it's still hard to drop three axles and keep going to the point of almost getting into the second set of trucks.
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The MARRCO boys did that at Poke-Me-Gag-Me yard. It seems the 'Peg put up a derail to their service track and didn't bother tu tell anybody. MARRCO comes and road tests the derail. It worked very well, and even split the fuel tank open like a can opener.
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Just the front truck... But still...three wheels, and THREE gear cases instead of the one she came in for. Last night...she was still sitting on the drop table, untouched because the crew was busy washing the power for that 'special' train of Uncle Warren's.
When that film will find its way onto your TV is still a mystery, but watch for it! Discovery Channel? Possibly. National Geographic TV? Another possibility.
The only specifics we knew was that this train had been picked for a 'special' assignment. A videotaping of a train video. With a helicopter. And a videographer. Probably a sound crew tu. And line-side still shooters, and more editors, sound men, lighting 'artists,' and whoever else Unvle Warren's money can buy to promote this fiasc... This wondrous railway of the 21st. Century, The BNsf, hereafter known as "Team BNsf"!
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Cy thanks Snippy for that inspiring reminder and also thanks Snippy for not dredging up a link to it again. Cy has spent plenty of time trying to forget it.
So they put in ONE wheel. The one she arrived unscheduled for, number three, then it turned out ta cause a mismatch with the others... So inta the wheel machine for a 'trim' she went.
Gone back ta wherever... These clowns sure know how ta waste Uncle Warren's billions!
Buckethead's bonus will arrive any day now. Or when the "Great Midwest Ice Age" ends...
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