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ATF1224Member since Apr-9-03 · 1012 posts

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"NS 214 to Dispatcher, over"
"NS Dispatcher Selkirk, over"
"Umm, We are in Emergency at Milepost 85, over"
"What's the Problem, over"
"Well, we just about took this truss Bridge to Schnectady with us, over."

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IcyFireCharter Member · 2743 posts

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Guess that answers your Question jake, there not allowed

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TexasWestern70MacCharter Member · 1188 posts

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HAHA ! there have actaully been occurances of double stack containers being torn wide open like sardine cans because clearances of bridges were too low, mostly in eastern cities like chicago. i saw a pic of a CN train where that happened in chicago in trains magazine some years back, the dispatcher was "released from his duties" after that 4 million dollar accident.
It Won't Fit! – image 9Hauling America one pixel at a time
It Won't Fit! – image 10Bill Hemb; train sim repainter http://www.cascadenscale.org/Evergreen/tsdm.htm

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rpicardi1Charter Member · 993 posts

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It has happened twice in Saginaw County only it involved oversized equiptment on the freeway.The first case was a portable drilling rig that damaged the overpass of 14'8" near Freeland. The rig ripped chunks out of the concrete girders. That was repaired by welding in new rerods and using concrete epoxy. (An expensive insurance bill and canned driver.)The second case involved a heavy tow truck towing a portable crane down 675. The boom of the crane hit the bridge at 70mph. The first girder was severly bent and the portable crane demolished. They had to rebuild half of that bridge, the girder couldn't be salvaged.The rail Tunnel into Canada, under the Detroit River had to be rebuilt so it could handle double stack and high cube trains for the auto industry.SRV Ron

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PoltergeistMember since Aug-8-02 · 965 posts

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Eh take a blow torch and cut yourself a clearence! lol

Sean Summer AKA Poltergeist
"The voices, the voices, I hear them, they're with me, so I follow I follow..." ~Eminem's "Guilty Conscious"

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RevnJeffMember since Apr-5-03 · 75 posts

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We just had a similar "accident" here in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, where a semi decided to haul his 13' high trailer under a rail overpass CLEARLY marked at 12' 6". Needless to say, the top of the trailer was peeled back about 20 feet. Cops figured he was doing 35 mph under the overpass. The paper mill wasn't too happy. The tracks on the overpass are used to haul coal into the plant. They shut the tracks down for 2 days while they inspected. Last I heard, CN was suing the trucking company.

Jeff
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thomilMember since Apr-16-03 · 109 posts

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During the accident investigation:
NTSB Investigator: "So, your train got stuck under the bridge?"
Engineer: "No, actually I'm delivering it to the new owner!"

"Damn the torpeodoes- Four bells Captain Drayton" - Admiral Farragut aboard USS Harford during the Battle of Mobile Bay, August 5th 1864.

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bray235Member since Apr-4-03 · 81 posts

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"Right in the middle of the whole d___ show
Was a real nice tunnel now wouldn't you know
Sign says clearance to the twelve foot line
But them chickens was stacked to thirteen nine.
Well we shot that tunnel at a hundred an' ten
Like gas through a funnel an' eggs through a hen
An' we took that top row of chickens off
Slicker 'n the scum off a Louisiana swamp"Wolf Creek Pass
By Bill Fries & Chip Davis

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driver89Charter Member · 574 posts

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Heh heh, you know in real life it wasn't until recently that the D&H supported double stacks. The had to do some major adjustments to the tunnels along the route (and there were oh so many of them) before they could run double stacks. Also if you take a trip to the Oneonta yard (or what's left of it today) you'll find that the bridge in question is gone. Cheers,
James.P.S. if you guys have questions or want to know more about the D&H a great little forum is here;
http://www.railroad.net/forums/topics.asp?ForumID=90And the historical society has some good info as well;http://www.bridge-line.org/

"Well, you know boys, a nuclear reactor is a lot like a women. You just have to read the manual and press the right buttons." Homer Simpson

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smp11512Member since Apr-7-03 · 1260 posts

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My freinds were telling me that SP had to do that to all there 15 or more tunnels when ATSF bought there trackage rights .Southern Pacific will live on forever in the hearts of the Red and Gray Railfans It Won't Fit! – image 25
Shane Palus
smp1151@sbcglobal.net

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xlspecial261Member since Oct-25-02 · 607 posts

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>lol, you guys ever been to Stevens Point Was there a few times several years ago.I work out of Portage.Todd

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