[anon(10622733)]

Methinks wehave some thing spec ial go ing hear.

Passport. SQW100-1 OS 10.3.3.2163

[Tim-ANC]

And the drunks

Sorry, didn't mean to get in the way

[Tim-ANC]

So I finally found a selfie to post. Attachment 445744

Ok, Ok, we're getting off your lawn

[Tim-ANC]

Sometimes you just have to go naked.

Bad viz

[Tim-ANC]

You've turned into one?

Pretty sure he was born that way

[Tim-ANC]

No birds were harmed, that was a home made Tomato Basil Lentil chip.

Means they're not worth eating

[Tim-ANC]

Methinks wehave some thing spec ial go ing hear.

Passport. SQW100-1 OS 10.3.3.2163

Special ed?

[anon(10622733)]

Special ed?

N o specialed

[anon(10622733)]

Nice to have you back Alaska. Find any dead bodies out in the farwoods?

[anon(10622733)]

Means they're not worth eating

Thats why the birds got them before I had to try one....

[anon(10622733)]

Ok, Ok, we're getting off your lawn

It's gonna be so much fun to stand at the edge of the property and provoke him. LOL.

[anon(10622733)]

Maybe sit outside the Sanding Blocks house and play some Ozzie?? "Take me ahhh laala, la la la la la, 3,1,2 strikes you're out..."

[anon(10622733)]

Just got the word that one of my ex co-workers committed suicide by laying across the tracks ...

[misterabrasive]

This one made me laugh out loud!

Maybe sit outside the Sanding Blocks house and play some Ozzie?? "Take me ahhh laala, la la la la la, 3,1,2 strikes you're out..."

[misterabrasive]

I apologize in advance everyone. This will be kind of graphic.
And this one made me cry for his family and the train crew.
It's a feeling of utter helplessness seeing, but knowing that there is absolutely nothing you can do to stop. Been there. Not that particular situation, but running 50 mph with 10000 tons behind you and seeing pedestrians walking on the track away from you with headphones on, or vehicles pulling onto the track and stopping and looking at you then hitting the gas, hoping the vehicle doesn't stall.
I was fortunate in that during my 30 years as a Locomotive Engineer, I was only involved in 2 accidents with fatalities. Both times the train was stopped and vehicles ran into it at road crossings. One was a 75 year old lady on a dark, rainy night. She apparently didn't see the engine because there was no indication that she attempted to stop.
The other was a loaded log truck running about 55 mph came around a curve, saw the train stopped in the crossing and had no brakes. He swerved around several cars already stopped into the oncoming lane of traffic. The train stopped the truck, but not the logs. They went right through the cab of the truck, crushed him and shot between the train cars. Fortunately there were no vehicles stopped in the other lane. I was about 150 feet away and only felt a little jerk. Much like the slack running in on a cut of cars. Yama will understand that I'm sure.
Sorry for the long story, but it brought back some bad memories.

Just got the word that one of my ex co-workers committed suicide by laying across the tracks ...

[Tim-ANC]

I apologize in advance everyone. This will be kind of graphic.
And this one made me cry for his family and the train crew.
It's a feeling of utter helplessness seeing, but knowing that there is absolutely nothing you can do to stop. Been there. Not that particular situation, but running 50 mph with 10000 tons behind you and seeing pedestrians walking on the track away from you with headphones on, or vehicles pulling onto the track and stopping and looking at you then hitting the gas, hoping the vehicle doesn't stall.
I was fortunate in that during my 30 years as a Locomotive Engineer, I was only involved in 2 accidents with fatalities. Both times the train was stopped and vehicles ran into it at road crossings. One was a 75 year old lady on a dark, rainy night. She apparently didn't see the engine because there was no indication that she attempted to stop.
The other was a loaded log truck running about 55 mph came around a curve, saw the train stopped in the crossing and had no brakes. He swerved around several cars already stopped into the oncoming lane of traffic. The train stopped the truck, but not the logs. They went right through the cab of the truck, crushed him and shot between the train cars. Fortunately there were no vehicles stopped in the other lane. I was about 150 feet away and only felt a little jerk. Much like the slack running in on a cut of cars. Yama will understand that I'm sure.
Sorry for the long story, but it brought back some bad memories.

Rough stuff. I have a friend who is a mechanic for the AK railroad. Always telling me about de-railment recovery jobs he goes on. You been involved in any of those?

[Tim-ANC]

Nice to have you back Alaska. Find any dead bodies out in the farwoods?

No, but my wheeler suffered an injury

[Tim-ANC]

Maybe sit outside the Sanding Blocks house and play some Ozzie?? "Take me ahhh laala, la la la la la, 3,1,2 strikes you're out..."

Given his personality, he'd probably shoot us and drag our bodies back on his property

[misterabrasive]

Just small ones. A car or two or an engine or two on the ground. Usually at relatively slow speeds. Doesn't take a lot of time to rerail them. Never involved in a major derailment.

Rough stuff. I have a friend who is a mechanic for the AK railroad. Always telling me about de-railment recovery jobs he goes on. You been involved in any of those?

[kbz1960]

Sorry, didn't mean to get in the way

Have another

[kbz1960]

Just got the word that one of my ex co-workers committed suicide by laying across the tracks ...

[kbz1960]

No, but my wheeler suffered an injury

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Ouch

[kbz1960]

Tuesday

[kbz1960]

Sadness

[kbz1960]

Time marches on