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[Weather] In Canada We Don't Give S*** About Snow.

»www.youtube.com/watch?v= ··· 2VmZOfdA

Thane_Bitter
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Interesting video, train sounds sort of screechy as it passes by, must be the cold.

Anav
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Wow, quite the momemtum force that train has. I would hate to be the one filming if it derailed.

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A real life Snowpiecer (great movie BTW)
mr weather
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said by Anav:

Wow, quite the momemtum force that train has. I would hate to be the one filming if it derailed.

A few years ago I came across a video on Youtube where a plow train did indeed derail after crashing through some significant drifts.

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Pure train porn.

HiVolt
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Thats funny the windshield is completely coverered by the time he crashes thru... Wonder if they cleaned it later.
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Not only was the windshield totally covered, but the engine (locomotive) was in the middle of a huge plume of snow.

I wonder what the practical and legal aspects are of having the train continue at speed when the engineer is basically blind, especially towards a grade (level) crossing.

(Might be a bit more on my mind because of an awful collision we just had near NYC, though unavoidable on the train's part).

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Now at 3.2 million views.

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said by PX Eliezer1:

Not only was the windshield totally covered, but the engine (locomotive) was in the middle of a huge plume of snow.

I wonder what the practical and legal aspects are of having the train continue at speed when the engineer is basically blind, especially towards a grade (level) crossing.

I wonder if this reaches the supervisors of this train crew and whether they will be disciplined if they violated any rules or regulations.

capdjq
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In BC we don't give a s**** because we have not seen any as yet. Its been the warmest winter.

That's an epic sight considering when I was returning from Skagway, Alaska to Whitehorse we special ploughs ahead to clear the rails. Of course we were traversing down a mountain.
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said by HiVolt:

said by PX Eliezer1:

Not only was the windshield totally covered, but the engine (locomotive) was in the middle of a huge plume of snow.

I wonder what the practical and legal aspects are of having the train continue at speed when the engineer is basically blind, especially towards a grade (level) crossing.

I wonder if this reaches the supervisors of this train crew and whether they will be disciplined if they violated any rules or regulations.

From what I've seen it's common practice, you stop for the train, it doesn't stop for you.
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said by moose_338:

From what I've seen it's common practice, you stop for the train, it doesn't stop for you.

Understood.

Still, I have to assume that a train's emergency brake is there for a reason, why bother having one otherwise?

(Yes, I know that stopping is a massive proposition).

Suppose there is a bridge out? Or another train stalled ahead? Or a train on a collision course with the first one?

Hinton train disaster (February 8th, 1986):

Travelling at 96 km/h at the time of impact, the head-on collision between a Canadian National Railway freight train and a Via Rail passenger train left 23 dead and 95 injured. A commission of inquiry concluded the CN employees ignored signals to stop and failed to “follow established railway operating rules.”

It also condemned CN’s “railroader” culture that ignored safety regulations, which were beefed up in the aftermath of the crash.


Kitlope
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Hinton is a 2.5 hour drive west of Edmonton, I was a few days away from turning 12 when that occurred. I still remember the front page of the Edmonton Journal, you unfolded the newspaper and it was a aerial shot of the collision. Quite graphic and mind blowing for me. All this less than 2 weeks since the Challenger explosion.

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Saw photos of that, in one it appeared that the third rail was threaded through the top of the train carriage, a rather impressive and deadly thing to happen.
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said by Thane_Bitter:

Saw photos of that, in one it appeared that the third rail was threaded through the top of the train carriage, a rather impressive and deadly thing to happen.

Yes, it was horrible, at least 10 different sections of the third rail penetrated the train carriage like spears.

The design of the third rail in that railroad was very different from almost any other railroad, as far as is known. Will be a major part of the investigation.