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Kosmo

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They had that on Jalopnik the other day.

The derailment isn't that bad until you see the cars that didn't derail coming at the ass end of that engine. I don't think I'd like to be in that spot.

But seriously, what do you do? I mean, it's not like you can stop or turn left/right out of the path. Damn rails.

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The really SCARY part is that tanker rocketing up at the engine!! Many of those things are well encased bombs or poison clouds :eek:

I had a close call at least once. The engine is plenty heavy enough.....I'm not sure a tornado could lift it, but the weak point of the window latches was always what concerned me, as they're kinda Mickey Mouse. The windows themselves are supposedly shatterproof....Though I've got a story about that too from one night in Lima when I thought someone was shooting at me :cool:

If it came right down to it.....My plan was to go down in the nose, where the toilet is, as the door/latch is heavier. Guess I'd just be takin' my chances if we flipped & poo went flyin' everywhere!! ;)

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My plan was to go down in the nose, where the toilet is, as the door/latch is heavier. Guess I'd just be takin' my chances if we flipped & poo went flyin' everywhere!! ;)

I will try to survive rather than thinking about poo at that moment..it will be in my pants anyway......:lol::lol::lol:

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I will try to survive rather than thinking about poo at that moment..it will be in my pants anyway......:lol::lol::lol:

Good point Koz.....But that's 'cause you've never seen the toilet on an "in service" locomotive!! :wtf::p

Let's put it this way......In several years of working on the railroad.....I NEVER took a dump on any of those "thrones"....No matter how bad I had to go ;)

In fact.....One of our guys would always go outside & "feed the possums" rather than using the provided facilities :D

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Philosophical question.........

If a tornado sounds like a freight train, and you're riding on a freight train......What's the tornado sound like??? ;

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Good point Koz.....But that's 'cause you've never seen the toilet on an "in service" locomotive!! :wtf::p

Let's put it this way......In several years of working on the railroad.....I NEVER took a dump on any of those "thrones"....No matter how bad I had to go ;)

In fact.....One of our guys would always go outside & "feed the possums" rather than using the provided facilities :D

Sooooooooooooooooory Fonz......it went 1000 feet above my head :o

Understood......

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