Railway investigators believe they have narrowed down the time of the crash to A) 8:54 p.m., B) 5:32 p.m., C) 7:01 p.m., or D) None of the above. I don’t remember ever getting this problem on a quiz when I was in school. If I did I’d likely still be there working on it.
Category Archives: trains
Wen You Hear A Whistle, Moooooooooooooove!
We don’t get good train stories very often anymore, but here’s one. It’s obviously not good for everyone, but you know. A pensioner was killed in a freak accident when he was struck by a flying cow launched 100ft into the air by an express train. Shivdayal Sharma, 82, was reportedly urinating next to a …
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There Is Nothing Freak About This Accident
They’re making a big deal here out of the fact that these two women were deaf and that’s likely why this happened, but personally I feel like the standing on train tracks taking pictures and not paying attention thing might have had more to do with it. Your ears may not work, but as long …
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It’s Way Better Than Working. It’s A Train Crash!
Something tells me that every night for these two might be a slow one. In an effort to make sure that they would have a slow night on the job at Wendy’s, Ryan Boria and Amy Schaner hatched themselves one heckuva plan. According to police, the logic went that if the two could find a …
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I Wish I Worked For Skip The Squishes
I feel the tiniest bit for the guy who won’t be getting his lunch on time, but I gotta tell ya, this food delivery bot getting himself crushed by a train fills my blind heart with joy. It’s one less piece of electronic garbage polluting the sidewalk, which means one less unnecessary travel hazard for …
Train Of Thought
Back around Christmas, Steve and I went home to see my family. We took Via Rail, and I wanted to make a couple of observations about the experience. First, to the people who think unmanned Via stations are acceptable: they suck if anyone needs a little bit of extra guidance or assistance. Yes, you can …
Stay Off The Tracks, By Order Of The God Of Death
Apparently, Mumbai has a fairly sizable problem with people getting themselves killed by crossing train tracks where they ought not. Sizable to the tune of about seven people a day, according to some estimates. There also seems to be an issue with people keeping themselves on the trains, as around 650 people were said to …
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All Abonk!
Depending on the circumstances this is either exceptionally tragic or exceptionally stupid. Unfortunately it’s quite likely we’ll never know for certain which one it is. A rail firm has been fined £1m after a man died leaning out of a train window. Simon Brown, 24, was killed when he hit his head on a steel …
I Hear NO Brain A Comin’
I’m just spitballing here, but I feel like this was done during a break between rounds of posting conspiracy theories on Facebook. A train engineer told police in Los Angeles that he intentionally crashed his locomotive at high speed near the USNS Mercy hospital ship in what seems to be a bizarre attempt to expose …
Oh The Railroad Yells In the Middle Of The Night
CN promises to stop blaring train horns overnight in Guelph Old story, but posting it because I’m wondering if maybe I can borrow a few of these protesters. They seem to be able to get shit done, and I could use that. My grandparents have a railroad running through the middle of their property. I …
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