On Dec 27, 2008, at 9:56 AM, j.a. tackett wrote:

> on all of the trains i operated they were a mile long.....and the
> weight is hard to imagine that the engine pulls....and has to brake
> all of that weight...
> i cringed when i saw that guy shoot over the tracks with the on
> coming train

Exactly. People don't realize trains can't stop like cars; they take
time to stop because of all the weight. A similar, if less dramatic,
dynamic applies to large vehicles like motorcoaches and tractor trailer
rigs, other vehicles which I respect and give a wide berth.

Of course, my reaction to the video was perhaps more visceral than most
if only owning to the fact that I used to have nightmares about trains
chasing me when I was a kid... :P

John A. Ardelli
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