A friend and I watched this pass underneath us as we photographed it from the bridge. The engines were working so hard it shook the bridge!
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Neat Train Vid
For those who don’t live in the United States, freight trains are really big and heavy. This is a coal train that runs from Pennsylvania to a power plant in Cross, SC. He’s had to stop at a bridge about a mile away (it’s single track over the bridge) and wait for someone to pass by. Now he’s trying to get back up to track speed (track speed is the maximum speed allowed for his train, which varies on size, tonnage, type of train, engine power…several factors). Those are two General Electric AC4400CW engines, each making 4400 hp. Listen to how hard they’re working to get the train back up to speed. They’re pulling about 12-15k tons of coal..
One of My Favorite Dr Who Quotes
The Doctor: The whole of London’s been sealed off and the entire population’s been taken inside that place. To be converted.
Rose: We’ve got to get in there and shut it down.
Mickey: How do we do that?
The Doctor: Oh, I’ll think of something.
Mickey: You’re just making this up as you go along.
The Doctor: Yep. But I do it brilliantly.
Talia's World 