Here's one for you guys that work for the railroad.

[TruckDriver]

One of my Facebook friends posted this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQAiTBoJf3Y&feature=player_embedded

[Dans 68]

That is the definition of the word "awesome". "Amazing" would work also....

Dan

[69rtse4spd]

Cool, I wounder if his ride back was on the other side.

[Tilar]

Looks like it was.

[derailed]

The line I work on encounters that situation a lot after extended periods of heavy rain, especially right now with all the flooding going on around Lake Champlain. Whats scary is that a situation like that can happen and never raise a red signal if it does not break a bond wire in the track. Most of the time track patrols catch it though.

[Richard Cranium]

YIKES! 

[bobs66440]

Amazing that they happened to be there. Good thing! 

[rollingthunder]

here's one for ya.
this is the view us railroaders see, dont know the details. but this wash out will make a railroader shiver.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuv3uVrcoio

[Todd Wilson]

The line I work on encounters that situation a lot after extended periods of heavy rain, especially right now with all the flooding going on around Lake Champlain. Whats scary is that a situation like that can happen and never raise a red signal if it does not break a bond wire in the track. Most of the time track patrols catch it though.

YUP!   No red signal. Train come up on that and not know a problem was there until it was too late. It happens every once in a while. Seems like it happens more when a railroad trys to reroute mother nature by moving an existing creek or drainage area and lots of rain just puts it right back where it used to be and washs out.


Todd

[Todd Wilson]

here's one for ya.
this is the view us railroaders see, dont know the details. but this wash out will make a railroader shiver.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuv3uVrcoio

I bet that was a heck of a jolt when they hit it. At least they got stopped by a road crossing so they didnt have far to walk to the taxi cab!   


Todd

[Chargen69]

Took that idiot long enough to MOVE away from that landslide

[TruckDriver]

here's one for ya.
this is the view us railroaders see, dont know the details. but this wash out will make a railroader shiver.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuv3uVrcoio

I bet that was a heck of a jolt when they hit it. At least they got stopped by a road crossing so they didnt have far to walk to the taxi cab!   


Todd

I wonder what the rest behind them ended up looking like