08-20-2009, 12:17 PM
The Good news: It was a normal day in Sharon Springs, KS when a Union Pacific crew boarded a loaded coal train for the long trek to Salina
The Bad news: Just a few miles into the trip a wheel bearing became overheated and melted, letting a metal support drop down and grind on the rail, creating white hot molten metal droppings spewing down to the rail
The Good news: A very alert crew noticed smoke about halfway back in the train and immediately stopped the train in compliance with the rules
The Bad news: [size=2]The train stopped with the hot wheel over a wooden bridge with creosote ties and trusses (In defense of the crew, according to Sixgun Jr., the crew tried to 'splain to higher-ups but were instructed not to move the damn train![/size]
![[Image: CoalTrain1.JPG]](http://www.rockinghamremembered.com/CoalTrain1.JPG)
]![[Image: CoalTrain2.JPG]](http://www.rockinghamremembered.com/CoalTrain2.JPG)
]![[Image: CoalTrain3.JPG]](http://www.rockinghamremembered.com/CoalTrain3.JPG)
]![[Image: CoalTrain4.JPG]](http://www.rockinghamremembered.com/CoalTrain4.JPG)
]![[Image: CoalTrain5.JPG]](http://www.rockinghamremembered.com/CoalTrain5.JPG)
]![[Image: CoalTrain6.JPG]](http://www.rockinghamremembered.com/CoalTrain6.JPG)
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We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered.
We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered.
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