Your "Oh Crap!" moment of the day.
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"The loco crew were enjoying the drive out of Melbourne on a nice hot day when confronted by a buckled rail. It was a rough ride for a few moments but the loco and train stayed on and the crew were as James Bond would say " shaken not stirred".
FF to about 0:45
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@Mik said in Your "Oh Crap!" moment of the day.:
Yeow!
When Mrs. George and I were on the way back from Portland a few years ago, we had an extended (planned) stop in St. Paul. It's a crew-change/refueling stop, so it usually lasts about 20 minutes. On this particular occasion, the train was supposed to pick up some private railcars which were going to be attached to the rear of our train for the trip to Chicago.
The cars were spotted on a siding, and our train was backed up to couple with them. I guess we were going just a bit too fast for comfort when they coupled up. Must've been only about 3-4 mph, but when we hit, we HIT. I was standing in our room at the time, and was bounced against my chair.
Some railman caught a picture of the train I was on as it approached Chicago. I was in the last Superliner ( the double level car).
