Re: The Chase? Antonito to Osier
| July 19, 2020 01:02AM |
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Greg,
Why, to whatever are you referring????
August 20, 2007:
Taken just after the train had stopped. If you look, the speeder is directly over the passenger side of the cab, still making its way to the train.
The man in the picture is our friend, Mark. My brother, he and I had decided to do this leg of the journey. I believe this was the second or third time we made this trek. This is where I was talking about when I said 45 degree angle up hill crossing. My brother was driving and I was the navigator. As we approached the crossing I was telling him to "GO LEFT GO LEFT" but what he saw was a lower bump towards the right. He didnt see the 6 foot drop just next to us. As the front tire hit the rail, the rear tire broke loose and fishtailed the rear end just a little. Enough to slide the back of the truck over and drop the wheel down the small cliff. The differential of the truck was sitting on the ground. All this happened, and we opened the doors to the truck to see the locomotive rounding the hill behind us in the picture, just to the left off screen. We tried for somewhere close to a minute to get the truck unstuck, with no success. Afterwords, I ran down the track to flag the train.
It took almost an hour of shoveling and moving a couple large rocks, I think there were 3-4 crewmen helping that day. I wish I had gotten a picture so I could remember who all was there. We were so stressed and upset with ourselves for making this DUMB mistake, that we didn't really stop to pay attention to who was actually helping. I still remember one of the crew telling us they were going to push us off with the plow. For a minute I believed him!!! By the time the train got back on her way, obviously the passengers were upset for being delayed and sitting for an hour. We received quite a few rude comments, but don't blame anyone for making them. It was an interesting experience to say the least, but I hope to never have to deal with it again....
Casey Akin
Why, to whatever are you referring????
August 20, 2007:
Taken just after the train had stopped. If you look, the speeder is directly over the passenger side of the cab, still making its way to the train.
The man in the picture is our friend, Mark. My brother, he and I had decided to do this leg of the journey. I believe this was the second or third time we made this trek. This is where I was talking about when I said 45 degree angle up hill crossing. My brother was driving and I was the navigator. As we approached the crossing I was telling him to "GO LEFT GO LEFT" but what he saw was a lower bump towards the right. He didnt see the 6 foot drop just next to us. As the front tire hit the rail, the rear tire broke loose and fishtailed the rear end just a little. Enough to slide the back of the truck over and drop the wheel down the small cliff. The differential of the truck was sitting on the ground. All this happened, and we opened the doors to the truck to see the locomotive rounding the hill behind us in the picture, just to the left off screen. We tried for somewhere close to a minute to get the truck unstuck, with no success. Afterwords, I ran down the track to flag the train.
It took almost an hour of shoveling and moving a couple large rocks, I think there were 3-4 crewmen helping that day. I wish I had gotten a picture so I could remember who all was there. We were so stressed and upset with ourselves for making this DUMB mistake, that we didn't really stop to pay attention to who was actually helping. I still remember one of the crew telling us they were going to push us off with the plow. For a minute I believed him!!! By the time the train got back on her way, obviously the passengers were upset for being delayed and sitting for an hour. We received quite a few rude comments, but don't blame anyone for making them. It was an interesting experience to say the least, but I hope to never have to deal with it again....
Casey Akin
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