Train Busting Through Snow

[BrotherBart]

Don't know if this has been posted. If so I missed it. Too cool...

 

[ironpony]

That was awesome

 

[legrandice]

Cool!

 

[Dix]

I would not have wanted to be the first car sitting at the crossing for that one !!

 

[Rossco]

Weight + Raw Power = EASY.

There's a few similar videos on YouTube. Interesting.

 

[Swedishchef]

This was taken near my hometown. THey've been hit hard with snow in the past few weeks. I am surprised they didn't send out a plow on the tracks first.

Awesome video indeed.

Andrew

 

[maple1]

That's just over an hour from where I am. Vid was on the local news, cool it's getting around.

 

[jatoxico]

Vids like that are always cool! Thanks.

 

[Swedishchef]

Heck, CNN is even showing the clip!

 

[Warm_in_NH]

Two weeks ago (just before trip to Caribbean) day after 30" storm in MA, the guy ahead of me on the interstate caught the left side snow bank with his SUV at about 75 mph.
Sucked him right in, snow shot about 20' up and out in all directions! Looked just like that! He ended up back in the road, dead stop in middle lane, white knuckles and big eyes as I started rolling again and went around him.
I would've felt bad had he not already nearly clipped the snow bank more than once already. Pays to pay attention when driving.

 

[flyingcow]

Cool Vid. looks like a big train load of tar sands oil destined for St. John?

 

[Swedishchef]

LOL. Naw, there's no tar sand oil going there yet...not much anyway. It's likely Bakken Crude from North Dakota. The same stuff that helped incinerate this town: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lac-Mégantic_rail_disaster

Andrew

 

[maple1]

Isn't that at Salisbury? If so it's on the wrong side of Saint John for it to be crude, I think.

EDIT: Wrong side for Bakken or Alberta crude, that is.

 

[flyingcow]

LOL. Naw, there's no tar sand oil going there yet...not much anyway. It's likely Bakken Crude from North Dakota. The same stuff that helped incinerate this town: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lac-Mégantic_rail_disaster

Andrew

That's what I meant. Had the wrong product. I think the pipeline up/over/around Maine is in high gear isn't it? At one time they were talking of wantig the ability to move a million barrels a day into the Irving refinery?

 

[Swedishchef]

Isn't that at Salisbury? If so it's on the wrong side of Saint John for it to be crude, I think.

EDIT: Wrong side for Bakken or Alberta crude, that is.

No, it is the right side (I think). Everything that goes to St John has to go through Moncton. They took out most of the tracks in the late 80s in the Western part of the province.

http://www.traingeek.ca/wp/trains/places/nb/

Andrew

 

[Swedishchef]

That's what I meant. Had the wrong product. I think the pipeline up/over/around Maine is in high gear isn't it? At one time they were talking of wantig the ability to move a million barrels a day into the Irving refinery?

That I do not know...but they are trying to get the TransCanada East pipeline going. That would transport crude from Alberta to St John (largest refinery in North America).

https://warriorpublications.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/transcanada-east-west-pipeline-map-2.jpg

Andrew

 

[maple1]

No, it is the right side (I think). Everything that goes to St John has to go through Moncton. They took out most of the tracks in the late 80s in the Western part of the province.

http://www.traingeek.ca/wp/trains/places/nb/

Andrew

Huh, how bout that. Guess I stand corrected. Didn't realize the route was so circular.

 

[begreen]

More snow jobs

 

[Swedishchef]

More snow jobs

lol

 

[flyingcow]

That I do not know...but they are trying to get the TransCanada East pipeline going. That would transport crude from Alberta to St John (largest refinery in North America).

https://warriorpublications.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/transcanada-east-west-pipeline-map-2.jpg

Andrew

Thats the one I'm thinking of.

 

[hoverwheel]

MBTA in Boston needs to recruit some of those engineers. Two flakes of snow and the train breaks down. If they do by some miracle get it moving, it moves at 20mph tops.

 

[Swedishchef]

Send them up here..we'll teach them how to handle the snow. Lol

 

[bag of hammers]

Saw that clip on the morning news. Very cool.

 

[maple1]

We're supposed to get 2 more feet of snow tonight & tomorrow - maybe there'll be a Part 2.

(Enough with the snow already.....)

 

[Swedishchef]

It's gonna be a rough one. I think there will be more videos like this, especially if we get drifts due to the high winds.

Stay safe tomorrow/Monday

A