HiDesertHal
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I'll take a Greyhound next time...
Hal
Hal
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This is just another example of how our infrastructure is slowly going downhill. While there are no reports, yet, of how/why this latest accident occurred, I would not be surprised to hear that there was a problem in the rail bed. There have been some major rainfalls along the east coast this Winter, and it would not be unusual for the railbed to suffer damage, and allow the rails to shift, etc. It does not appear that this occurred on a sharp curve, etc., so speed or control of the train by the engineer should not be a issue.
A few days ago, I saw a news report saying that over 58,000 of our highway bridges are in need of substantial repair. Our entire transportation network is relying on facilities that were built 50 or more years ago.
I'll take a Greyhound next time...
Hal
This is the UP Bigboy, the most powerful locomotive ever built.
The last train I rode was in Panama, 50 miles, coast to coast.
Have you never been on the Cape Cod Railroad? I was only there once; it was winter and the railroad wasn't running. However, Cape Cod in the winter was great.I rode that same train, Manatee, from Colon to Panama City and back. This was in the summer of 1956. We were tied up in Colon along with the US Coast Guard's training ship "Eagle". I've only been on a train once since then!!