Re: Determining if the railway is unused

Keith Ayres <[email protected]> Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:02:01 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.recreation.bicycle.touring.phred
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 16 February 2011 12:43, j.a. tackett <[email protected]> wrote:
> after working for BNSF....
> and learning how dangerous just rolling stock can be in the dark of night in
> the rr yard...mind you an empty box car is 22 tons of steel....and they roll
> ever so quietly....
> and they are scary to see come rolling at you in the dark....

Too true.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tebay_rail_accident

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Keith Ayres
Oxfordshire, UK
Thorn Raven, Argos, Trevor Jarvis Flying Gate