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Re: Emergency services

Author: almo

Date: 02-24-2007 - 00:21

I like the story Craig. Seems like the general public could use a little "media focus" to enlighten themselves. It would do good, as everyone knows what a Boeing 747 is, and no idea of what an "Amtrak train" is. The shift of most transportation network interest is into aircraft and marine services. It would be nice if there was a little more focus on the railroad aspect of transportation. Almost all the really toxic, dangerous products will move through a city by rail, and if anyone can help avoid a catastrophe derailment in their backyard, we will all be better off. A few months back, the Airbus A380 demonstrator aircraft made a pit stop at YVR (Vancouver, BC airport). It was the only North American stop on the tour of ten airports. The news and the gemeral public were all over this story in Vancouver. I even called into the place that I worked at to inform them I would be watching it come into the airport- and no problem by my boss. He wanted to see the pictures after I arrived. The same would not be said if I wanted to watch the first Green Goat pull off the factory floor at Railpower Industries.

In 1992, I was railfanning around Baker City. OR. The EB Amtrak Pioneer was running behind schedule by about one hour. Having found a suitable place to park near a grade crossing by the depot in town, I watched the train pull out of the station. As the train approached, the grade crossing started to light up and the arms fell into position. As the far one set itself parallel to the ground, the wooden piece with lights attached fell onto the road. I caught the engineer calling the DS to inform him to contact someone to fix it on my scanner. The reply from the DS was that it would be fixed. A guy in a truck leaned it against the rest of the indicator mast. In the morning, the arm was still propped up against the mast of the crossing indicator. I headed towards the nearest payphone to call UP's 1-800 number. after doing so, the chatter on the scanner started to place blame on the DS of the evening before for not relaying the information to the right people who could fix it.

almo

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Subject	Written By	Date/Time (PST)
Emergency services	Dick Seelye	02-23-2007 - 18:34
Re: Emergency services	Craig Tambo	02-23-2007 - 23:19
Re: Emergency services	almo	02-24-2007 - 00:21
Re: Emergency services	Andy	02-24-2007 - 02:47
Re: Emergency services	DCMcGill	02-24-2007 - 09:10
Re: Emergency services	Ernest H. Robl	02-24-2007 - 09:23
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almo Wrote:
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> I like the story Craig. Seems like the general
> public could use a little "media focus" to
> enlighten themselves. It would do good, as
> everyone knows what a Boeing 747 is, and no idea
> of what an "Amtrak train" is. The shift of most
> transportation network interest is into aircraft
> and marine services. It would be nice if there was
> a little more focus on the railroad aspect of
> transportation. Almost all the really toxic,
> dangerous products will move through a city by
> rail, and if anyone can help avoid a catastrophe
> derailment in their backyard, we will all be
> better off. A few months back, the Airbus A380
> demonstrator aircraft made a pit stop at YVR
> (Vancouver, BC airport). It was the only North
> American stop on the tour of ten airports. The
> news and the gemeral public were all over this
> story in Vancouver. I even called into the place
> that I worked at to inform them I would be
> watching it come into the airport- and no problem
> by my boss. He wanted to see the pictures after I
> arrived. The same would not be said if I wanted to
> watch the first Green Goat pull off the factory
> floor at Railpower Industries. 
> 
> In 1992, I was railfanning around Baker City. OR.
> The EB Amtrak Pioneer was running behind schedule
> by about one hour. Having found a suitable place
> to park near a grade crossing by the depot in
> town, I watched the train pull out of the station.
> As the train approached, the grade crossing
> started to light up and the arms fell into
> position. As the far one set itself parallel to
> the ground, the wooden piece with lights attached
> fell onto the road. I caught the engineer calling
> the DS to inform him to contact someone to fix it
> on my scanner. The reply from the DS was that it
> would be fixed. A guy in a truck leaned it against
> the rest of the indicator mast. In the morning,
> the arm was still propped up against the mast of
> the crossing indicator. I headed towards the
> nearest payphone to call UP's 1-800 number. after
> doing so, the chatter on the scanner started to
> place blame on the DS of the evening before for
> not relaying the information to the right people
> who could fix it.
> 
> almo

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