DUPONT, Wash. -- An Amtrak train has derailed on an overpass in Washington state, with at least two train cars falling onto the highway below. Authorities say fatalities and injuries have been reported. At this time, all southbound lanes of traffic remain blocked on Interstate 5.
Public transportation: going where, and when, Big Stupid Government says you can. Unless they kill you before you get there.
Choo-choo!, Willie Green.
#1: tpaine To: Hank Rearden (#0)
They show the locomotive, (at approximately 80mph) came to an emergency stop (derailment?) immediately after going over the overpass, --- causing all the passenger cars (12?) to pile up behind, some going completely off the railbed/bridge, --- into the woods and onto the highway.
This was the first run of this train, and the track must have been inspected very recently.. Possibly even this morning.
Sabotage anyone? -- Or more likely, stupidity..
tpaine posted on 2017-12-18 14:08:05 Reply Private Reply
#2: Hank Rearden To: tpaine (#1)
Hank Rearden posted on 2017-12-18 14:19:25 Reply Private Reply
#3: tpaine To: Hank Rearden (#2)
I saw several loops that showed the engine from directly above. -- It looked to me like it's front end was a bit further to the left than it would be if it was still on the track...
But whatever, something happened to stop that locomotive way to fast.
Maybe we'll find out for sure by this time next year, if the bureaucracy acts with their usual speed.
tpaine posted on 2017-12-18 14:55:49 Reply Private Reply
#4: tpaine To: All (#3)
This is great, we can all rest easy now that the truth will soon be revealed.. Or not...
tpaine posted on 2017-12-18 15:30:37 Reply Private Reply
#5: Hank Rearden To: All (#0)
As a recovering mechanical engineer, it definitely looks effective if made and placed as described; the hardest part would be getting the concrete mix right for highest strength (but the rebar is essential as well), and it's not genius-level work.
So it made me wonder how soon some defective Moos might start making and using these things. We need to invent a device to derail their bullshit fake 'religion'.
Hank Rearden posted on 2017-12-18 15:52:05 Reply Private Reply
#6: tpaine To: Hank Rearden (#5)
I'd bet that it just happened.
What's really worrisome about this kind of device, is all the various types of defectives/fanatics that might decide to use one, on our millions of miles of track..
tpaine posted on 2017-12-18 16:16:56 Reply Private Reply
#7: Hank Rearden To: tpaine (#6)
Yep, so we'll be facing a choice as a society.
1) Go all Medieval on their worthless asses - heads-on-pikes or something equally attention-getting.
Stop calling the Moo deathcult a 'religion' and destroy it, making it shameful to admit you're a member, like Nazis. No whining. F'em; it's time for Allah the Pigraper to die.
2) Keep putting up with their shit, thus trading punches with the Moos and other defective deathcults in a police state, forever.
I know which one I'd prefer.
Hank Rearden posted on 2017-12-18 19:27:56 Reply Private Reply
#8: tpaine To: Hank Rearden (#7)
I'd like to see a revival of a type of bounty hunter solution. -- We have thousands of trained hunters/military men who are underemployed, --- and with some financial incentives they could easily start keeping a better eye out for the crazies trying play terrorists with our infrastructure..
Say 50 grand or so, for an arrest leading to a conviction.
Probably get some good old boys off their fat asses...
tpaine posted on 2017-12-18 19:51:44 Reply Private Reply