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FOR BOB2
Author: Gary S
Date: 03-25-2019 - 15:45
VISITING THE RECENT PAST:
UP steam - 1 , Situational awareness - 0
---The victim was not a foamer and in Henderson, Colorado !
The train (UP 844) was returning to Denver from Cheyenne, Wyo., where it left the city’s downtown depot at 5:12 p.m., 12 minutes late. It had arrived there at 10:35 a.m. that morning after leaving Denver on-time at 6:30 a.m.
The strike happened near the railroad’s at-grade crossing of state Route 22 near U.S. Route 85, which the UP main line parallels, in Henderson, Colo., an industrial area about 16 miles north of Denver.
The train was traveling near its top speed of 60 mph before the engineer made an emergency brake application shortly after hitting the person.
The victim was a middle-aged Caucasian woman who was standing too close to the tracks on the east-facing side of the train and was struck by the locomotive’s pilot.
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----This is my favorite quote from BOB2 I like to keep close with the 4014 circus to come:
"This also shows the folly of having only 1 crew, as there was
no one to replace the crew while they were removed for pee tests." - BOB2 Date: 07-22-2018 - 11:54
Looking forward to the 4014 fun !
Do not miss the reverse moves of 4014 !
Author: Frisco1522
"I recall the night in a thunderstorm when Steve Lee muttered the words "I hope the SOB who designed these centipede trucks is burning in hell". 844's tender was on the ground at the old MP terminal in St. Louis. What a pain. Another time the 3985's tender went on the ground at the Amtrak wye in St. Louis. Lucked out on that one, just pulled the engine forward and it crawled back on. I'm sure they have straightened a lot of crappy curves in engine terminals."
UP steam - 1 , Situational awareness - 0
---The victim was not a foamer and in Henderson, Colorado !
The train (UP 844) was returning to Denver from Cheyenne, Wyo., where it left the city’s downtown depot at 5:12 p.m., 12 minutes late. It had arrived there at 10:35 a.m. that morning after leaving Denver on-time at 6:30 a.m.
The strike happened near the railroad’s at-grade crossing of state Route 22 near U.S. Route 85, which the UP main line parallels, in Henderson, Colo., an industrial area about 16 miles north of Denver.
The train was traveling near its top speed of 60 mph before the engineer made an emergency brake application shortly after hitting the person.
The victim was a middle-aged Caucasian woman who was standing too close to the tracks on the east-facing side of the train and was struck by the locomotive’s pilot.
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----This is my favorite quote from BOB2 I like to keep close with the 4014 circus to come:
"This also shows the folly of having only 1 crew, as there was
no one to replace the crew while they were removed for pee tests." - BOB2 Date: 07-22-2018 - 11:54
Looking forward to the 4014 fun !
Do not miss the reverse moves of 4014 !
Author: Frisco1522
"I recall the night in a thunderstorm when Steve Lee muttered the words "I hope the SOB who designed these centipede trucks is burning in hell". 844's tender was on the ground at the old MP terminal in St. Louis. What a pain. Another time the 3985's tender went on the ground at the Amtrak wye in St. Louis. Lucked out on that one, just pulled the engine forward and it crawled back on. I'm sure they have straightened a lot of crappy curves in engine terminals."
