excell Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 http://www.fatwallet.com/t/24/462120/ Damn! redface.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GSRchick714 Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Ouch ...I bet the driver is like graemlins/doh.gifredface.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BLUE BY U Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 damn i need a hood and bumper off of one of those Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Pomade Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 I call bullshit. The pics look fake - as though there was some wreckage, and then they photoshopped in some GTO's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitamincj Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 I'd drop a GTO drivetrain in one of my rides. CJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMeanGreen Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Sounds like bullshit to me, see the local news... http://www.topix.net/city/blairsburg-ia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Pomade Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Originally posted by Mister Formula, Esq.: Sounds like bullshit to me, see the local news... http://www.topix.net/city/blairsburg-ia LOL - good one, Anthony. Yeah, you'd think a crash of that magnitude would at least get some mention in the local news media. [ 20. April 2005, 06:47 AM: Message edited by: Dr. Z06 ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 well looks like you aren't gonna get any parts loren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lustalbert Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 darn, and i was hoping for a scratch and dent for a motor and some other parts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cptn janks Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 in the thread it says that it was Blairstown, IA not Blairsburg. just found this but they def. do look photochopped... http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050414/NEWS01/504140407/1001/RSS01 Accident shuts down rail line Crew member goes to hospital as train wreck blocks route. By ERIN JORDAN REGISTER STAFF WRITER April 14, 2005 Blairstown, Ia. - Train traffic on a major coast-to-coast freight line was stopped Wednesday afternoon when a train accident just west of Blairstown derailed 11 cars, injuring one crew member. The derailment happened about 1:45 p.m. when an eastbound Union Pacific coal train was stopped for traffic near Blairstown and another train hit it from behind, railroad officials said. Two crew members aboard the freight train traveling from North Platte, Neb., to Chicago suffered minor injuries, said Mark Davis, spokesman for the Union Pacific Railroad. A third crew member was transported by ambulance to Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids for non-life-threatening injuries, Davis said. Dozens of new automobiles on the train were damaged as at least four train cars tipped on their sides, said Michael Ferguson, chief deputy for the Benton County Sheriff's Department. "You didn't order a yellow GTO, did you?" Sheriff Randy Forsyth said. "We saw one of those." One rail car full of coal was crushed, leaving coal on the rail bed, Ferguson said. Hazardous materials crews and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources were called because of an estimated 3,000 gallons of diesel fuel spilled. Federal transportation officials were on the scene Wednesday afternoon to investigate, Ferguson said. Railroad officials quickly brought in bulldozers and other machinery to clean up the scene, which cannot be accessed directly by road. Union Pacific planned to have the derailment cleaned up by midnight or early today, Ferguson said, but track repairs will likely delay traffic today. Four or five trains an hour usually pass over the busy rails at Blairstown, Forsyth said. "A lot of commerce goes through here," Ferguson added. "They're backed up clear across the country at this point." Davis said crews would work through Wednesday night to replace the damage and clean up the mess. He said there are few detour routes in the area, so rail traffic on the freight line will remain backed up until the scene is cleared. The last major train wreck in Iowa occurred in Adams County in 2001, when an Amtrak train derailed, killing one passenger and injuring dozens of others. The accident was caused by a defective rail. Before that, in 1999, a Union Pacific freight train pulling 126 cars slammed into a parked, empty grain train in Alton, killing the conductor and the driver of a van parked near the tracks. Three months earlier, two Dubuque railroad workers died when the Union Pacific train they were operating hit the end of a Burlington Northern-Santa Fe train. Register staff writer Tim Paluch contributed to this article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 thats a horrible photoshop job, although i couldnt do any better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kohones Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Well if it truly happened, the insurance co will be writing a BIG check! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boost-n-Juice Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 GM..."Well if we can't sell them, load them up and we'll wreck the train." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verse Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Originally posted by Megaman.EXE: thats a horrible photoshop job, although i couldnt do any better You can photoshop better than someone taking a real picture? It really happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OGRE Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 CHOP, the 2nd pic really shows it better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMeanGreen Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 Originally posted by Chevy Metal: in the thread it says that it was Blairstown, IA not Blairsburg. I cut and pasted the name of the town from the thread on Fatwallet. Control-C and Control-V don't lie. I still think it's bullshit. It's possible a few GTOs may have been on the train, but hundreds? Yeah, right. I have some land in the Everglades I'll sell ya, cheap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancientmysts Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 Looks like Photoshop to me. If you look in the 2nd picture, one of the cars even has their tail-lights on. Don't think that would happen during an accident, could be wrong though. Look at the blue one on the left, top half is in the shade and the tail-light is on.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cptn janks Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 I cut and pasted the name of the town from the thread on Fatwallet. Control-C and Control-V don't lie. I still think it's bullshit. It's possible a few GTOs may have been on the train, but hundreds? Yeah, right. I have some land in the Everglades I'll sell ya, cheap! yes it did say that in the first post, but if you read on the second page, some poster says it was Blairstown not Blairsburg. and the article says ----- By ERIN JORDAN REGISTER STAFF WRITER April 14, 2005 Blairstown, Ia. - Train traffic on a major coast-to-coast freight line was stopped Wednesday afternoon when a train accident just west of Blairstown derailed 11 cars, injuring one crew member. ... Dozens of new automobileson the train were damaged as at least four train cars tipped on their sides, said Michael Ferguson, chief deputy for the Benton County Sheriff's Department. ----- i dont think there were 100s of cars on there either. probably a couple train cars full. i dont think the original author was quite accurate. they said have just found out by my friend's dad that works on the railways here that a train carring hundreds of new 2005 GTOs has crashed in Blairsburg, Iowa (just outside of Cedar Rapids). but if you look on the map, Blairstown is outside of Cedar Rapids. Blairsburg is about 120 miles away, north of Des Moines. they must have been drunk when posting it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AhSatan Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 Its crazy what some people will believe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Karacho1647545492 Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 Obvious bullshit. The lighting is completely wrong in the first chop. The shadow cast by the truck in pic #1 is directly parallel to the train car, yet all the cars inside are out of the shadow. And like Myst said, the taillight of the blue GTO in pic #2 is reflecting some light though it is in the shadow. Also, there seems to be no broken glass throughout the 2nd picture, which one might expect from 100's of destroyed GTO's. EDIT: It disappoints me that none of the fatwallet people have figured out it's BS yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rl Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 Can you guys read? http://www.kwqc.com/Global/story.asp?S=3207974 http://www.yankton.net/stories/041405/news_20050414023.shtml http://www.woi-tv.com/global/story.asp?s=3207379&ClientType=Printable 4 of the 5 railcars on the first train where loaded with automobiles. Why is it so rediculous to think that they where GTO's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMeanGreen Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 Originally posted by rl: Can you guys read? http://www.kwqc.com/Global/story.asp?S=3207974 http://www.yankton.net/stories/041405/news_20050414023.shtml http://www.woi-tv.com/global/story.asp?s=3207379&ClientType=Printable 4 of the 5 railcars on the first train where loaded with automobiles. Why is it so rediculous to think that they where GTO's?Rob, can you read? We've established that yes, there were probably GTOs on that train. However, there were more like dozens and not "hundreds" as so claimed by the original topic. Those enclosed spaces must be getting to you tongue.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rl Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 Originally posted by Mister Formula, Esq.: Rob, can you read? We've established that yes, there were probably GTOs on that train. However, there were more like dozens and not "hundreds" as so claimed by the original topic. Those enclosed spaces must be getting to you tongue.gif I was referring to the people saying that they are obviously photoshopped pictures. Everything in the pictures is 100% feasible - there where probably closer to 50 GTO's (or cars) on the train. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMeanGreen Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 Originally posted by rl: I was referring to the people saying that they are obviously photoshopped pictures. Everything in the pictures is 100% feasible - there where probably closer to 50 GTO's (or cars) on the train.www.iheartroblasota.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rl Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 Originally posted by Mister Formula, Esq.: www.iheartroblasota.com For the record, I can't read. Everything that I type is from memory - I have no idea what any of this means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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