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| Author: | Richard Glueck [ Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Slightly O/T 4:18 of sheer terror or high adventure? |
Mining railroad in China, where one wonders how the locomotives stay on the track. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=673_1315167217 Amazing. |
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| Author: | J3a-614 [ Mon Dec 05, 2011 10:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Slightly O/T 4:18 of sheer terror or high adventure? |
Aach! Not just bad, track, but fast running on said track, what looks like link and pin couplers, no air, poorly maintained engines, and running locomotives well within the ten-minute limit that was permitted in unblocked territory. It wasn't just on that line. When was the last time you saw operations like this? http://www.youtube.com/user/gondangbaru ... 7dyreIrLy4 Do we need a translation of what the boss had to say? http://www.youtube.com/user/gondangbaru ... 3aie80dXqk Sometimes you have trouble even without involving locomotives: http://www.trevorheath.com/livesteaming ... mamiao.wmv I have often lamented that I live in the wrong time. At the same time, I look at this clip, and I see both of my grandfathers, and for a time, my own father, all of whom once were coal miners: http://www.youtube.com/user/gondangbaru ... KLvVk37CbQ How much of the US once looked like this, perhaps in the 19th century? |
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| Author: | tomgears [ Tue Dec 06, 2011 12:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Slightly O/T 4:18 of sheer terror or high adventure? |
You should see how they drive! |
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| Author: | bigjim4life [ Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Slightly O/T 4:18 of sheer terror or high adventure? |
Wow, that's some scary stuff... |
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| Author: | Clay320 [ Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Slightly O/T 4:18 of sheer terror or high adventure? |
You want scary? How about throwing a little electricity to the mix. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unhXEQQk8G8&feature=feedrec_grec_index |
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| Author: | wilkinsd [ Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Slightly O/T 4:18 of sheer terror or high adventure? |
Clay320 wrote: You want scary? How about throwing a little electricity to the mix. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unhXEQQk8G8&feature=feedrec_grec_index In Communist China, Trolley Pole you! |
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| Author: | NYCRRson [ Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Slightly O/T 4:18 of sheer terror or high adventure? |
So, on that electric line would that be a HANDTOGRAPH ???? Sorry, I couldn't stop myself... Nice throttle action by tapping the live wire... YIKES Cheers, Kevin. |
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| Author: | J3a-614 [ Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Slightly O/T 4:18 of sheer terror or high adventure? |
Egads!! What I found looks normal by comparison. Human trolley pole, indeed!! It's also interesting to look at the peat locomotives, and note the good condition they seem to be in, despite the rough appearance of everything else. And that's the first time I've seen a temporary track switch in use like that; read about such things on trolley lines, but never actually seen one until today. More of how we used to be--link and pin couplers, disconnect logging trucks, rough track, mud, and wood-burning steam power (with diamond stacks!)--in Romania: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC4URuKeR5s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWnKgMpFSX0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcnQkuAAFD0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lod9407AoDU Trackwork in the woods--could have been on the Elk River Coal & Lumber in West Virginia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENCczlfbmb8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jeyv3wcdH28 Trouble with diesels: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9-gDIZDOkE Wheel slip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsiFoW55Ch0 Horrible track, slipping, and using the syphon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdTzJUfdeEo Loading in some of the most awful mud you've ever seen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP9ehXOHeMY Derailment, rerailing, and more trouble with a diesel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4uBCW2iSm4 Back with the timber: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5Pf_IGySGU Another overview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vk908oRTDw In winter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZgjU5Y_ ... re=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzoCkkBSWmY How much of West Virginia, Pennsylvania, California, Washington, or Oregon once looked like this? |
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| Author: | J3a-614 [ Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Slightly O/T 4:18 of sheer terror or high adventure? |
Before loading equipment, there were men and horses: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw0jEDf6 ... re=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0yl4nL- ... re=related |
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