LARDLOGO wrote:Submissions close January 28, 2017.

NewYear by christophersbrother, on Flickr

Not even sure why we are continuing... this is pretty much the guaranteed winner.

Sorry... this is not a video, but it fits the subject of this post.

Not sure where this is located... saw this on a Facebook page I follow. Hard to believe that the signal is standing. Not only did the truck open the gate mechanism, it also broke off the counterweights... the can be seen lying on ...

freebrickproductions wrote:Aerosmith's cover of Come Together by the Beatles:


It was done by Aerosmith for the 1978 movie Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which had a plot based on several Beatles songs.

That is another good one!

Absolutely the best one in my book... Disturbed's cover of The Sound of Silence. Originally done by Simon & Garfunkel. You young ones may have to Google the original version if you have never heard it (man... I'm getting old!)

I can listen to this over and over. Funny thing is, I'm not really a ...

but I read one report that said the train was doing 81 MPH when it hit that curve. Max track speed is supposed to be 79.

From photos I've seen, the speed limit was 30 MPH.

Agreed... the speed for the curve should have been 30. It appears at this point the train hit the curve at track speed and ...

Also nearby, what is this supposed to be? It appeared after the new signals were put in. Is it some type of artwork or something? :Confused:
https://goo.gl/maps/QZiLvNvgjqt

If I had to take a guess... that is a temporary signal? It appears the road was widened or redesigned recently (with the ...

It is obviously too early to speculate on what happened... but I read one report that said the train was doing 81 MPH when it hit that curve. Max track speed is supposed to be 79. There is another report saying the train hit something on the track.

Thoughts & prayers to the people affected by this ...

ZachL wrote:

LARDLOGO wrote:In my honest opinion, Danny Harmon (DistantSignal) will always be the best Florida- based railfan.

Danny Harmon is great! He narrates the promos for one of the local news stations here, and has been doing so for 30+ years.

Thanks for the recommendation... I just subscribed to Danny.

Some VERY VERY VERY faded crossbucks still sitting in October 2014, i wonder if thats a TECO car maintenace depot?
https://www.google.com/maps/@27.7792869,-82.6571109,3a,39.5y,277.08h,90.43t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1syLbOp3FDji--BZV5ZGHz5w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656


No... those are buses that look like ...

freebrickproductions wrote:Glad to hear no-one was hurt! How much do you want to bet though that a certain someone's gonna blame the accident on the quiet zone?

From what I understand... the truck stalled in the crossing somehow. The authorities tried to warn CSX but it was not done in enough time.