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Can you imagine sitting in front of that gate when that loco came off the tracks?
Spared by a few inches...
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cabman701
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Spared by a few inches...
Don't quite know what happened here... but this signal just about bit the dust:
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=274100
Can you imagine sitting in front of that gate when that loco came off the tracks?
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=274100
Can you imagine sitting in front of that gate when that loco came off the tracks?
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Re: Spared by a few inches...
that would be scarey for the driver of the train and the cars
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Re: Spared by a few inches...
thoes bells on the locos are thoes wrrs/wch motor bells btw
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AndrewFields
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Re: Spared by a few inches...
Damn!! 
You think your car gets bad mileage? SP 4449 consumes 10 gallons of bunker oil and 100 gallons of water every mile.
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Crossingman18
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Re: Spared by a few inches...
wow... 
hate to be railfanning that crossing at that time. I would have ran like crazy.
hate to be railfanning that crossing at that time. I would have ran like crazy.
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Re: Spared by a few inches...
What are the odds? 
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Re: Spared by a few inches...
the nose bell is a good indicator that that is a former CNW unit.
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Re: Spared by a few inches...
everyone is always worried about cars going around the gates but what about the locomotives! 
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