The oddities of eBay!
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firemanjim
Just kartin' around....
You're a lucky 
! Glad you're still around!
! Glad you're still around!
machinist@large
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Railroads consider public safety to be the flip side of their operational safety and security, if for no other reason than the fact that no matter what the circumstances, if a civilian gets injured or killed on their property, they know that they are going to get sued.
Amtrak has massive crossing gates on the highest speed part's of their corridor between Chicago and Detroit, complete with camera's. For the record, over most of North America, the train tracks preceded the local road's, which means that the trains automatically have the legal precedent for rules of right of way. Rail right of ways are also private property.
Despite all the legal precedent, Amtrak has been sued by many people who violated traffic law's when they tangled with traffic crossing gate's or a train. The class 1's have it even worse. And that's not going to change anytime soon.
The easiest way to deal with it? Stay off the track's.
Amtrak has massive crossing gates on the highest speed part's of their corridor between Chicago and Detroit, complete with camera's. For the record, over most of North America, the train tracks preceded the local road's, which means that the trains automatically have the legal precedent for rules of right of way. Rail right of ways are also private property.
Despite all the legal precedent, Amtrak has been sued by many people who violated traffic law's when they tangled with traffic crossing gate's or a train. The class 1's have it even worse. And that's not going to change anytime soon.
The easiest way to deal with it? Stay off the track's.
Poboy kartman
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But....here's the other side of the coin.....I can walk to tracks that haven't seen a train in over 20 years...and outside of WW3....never will....
One thing to understand is....Ft. Worth is the original gateway to the west.....and it wasn't just the stockyards....but the railroad....and packing houses....that. made Ft. Worth what it is.....
Also....Ft. Worth....was a MAJOR contributor to the war effort in WWII...as Convair Oaks.....aka.....General Dynamics....now known as Lockheed....built bombers and had railroad tracks straight into the plant......
They now build fighter jets...and get materials via 18 wheelers....and the line coming in is missing a bridge 5 miles away.....so I'll bet $1,000,000....that no train is.coming down those tracks anytime soon.......and there are other dead spurs around.......
fowler
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anywhere that has hard big industry fail or shut down will have unused tracks
the kalgoolie gold rush of 1893 led to loads of towns springing all over the place
some had rail roads
but once the gold ran out everyone walked out
my granddad said they used to drive up there in the 40s and u could just walk into these places and it was like everyone just stood up and said thats it lets go
fully stocked houses
a few old cars/trucks that still ran many that didnt
now with new tech the boom is back on
but with the ground water being 30 times saltier than the sea there's not much left
and if u did find a rail road then its just ded straight for 100s of kms though dessert
its odd to think that old steam engines used to travel down the train lines bringing in loads of hopeful people
then dragged out those same broken people
now after just laying down new track in the same spots theres huge deisel elcetric locos pulling upto 7 kms of train filled with all kinds of stuff
i love going to old abandoned industrial areas
out of intrest some of the big industrial areas that collapsed like detriot
there would be loads of rail layed by companys that have been broke for a very long time
who owns those tracks now?
EDIT
the tracks a few km from by place service a few of the cbh grain depos
these thing are seen cruising the lines in the off season
doing track maintenence and what not
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaiIqH1bsUw
they can fairly hook along when they want
the kalgoolie gold rush of 1893 led to loads of towns springing all over the place
some had rail roads
but once the gold ran out everyone walked out
my granddad said they used to drive up there in the 40s and u could just walk into these places and it was like everyone just stood up and said thats it lets go
fully stocked houses
a few old cars/trucks that still ran many that didnt
now with new tech the boom is back on
but with the ground water being 30 times saltier than the sea there's not much left
and if u did find a rail road then its just ded straight for 100s of kms though dessert
its odd to think that old steam engines used to travel down the train lines bringing in loads of hopeful people
then dragged out those same broken people
now after just laying down new track in the same spots theres huge deisel elcetric locos pulling upto 7 kms of train filled with all kinds of stuff
i love going to old abandoned industrial areas
out of intrest some of the big industrial areas that collapsed like detriot
there would be loads of rail layed by companys that have been broke for a very long time
who owns those tracks now?
EDIT
the tracks a few km from by place service a few of the cbh grain depos
these thing are seen cruising the lines in the off season
doing track maintenence and what not
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaiIqH1bsUw
they can fairly hook along when they want
karte_m0lim
Birds Aren't Real
Young One With A Manco
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I know exacty what that is without even watching it... TOP GEAR!
karte_m0lim
Birds Aren't Real
They are legends, always laugh my *** off watching their ideas...
Poboy kartman
Senior Moments Member
Just remember.....when. you hit the tracks....it's not "vroom vroom".....it's" chugga chugga chagga chugga woo woo....."
Young One With A Manco
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Right??!!! I've seen every episode like 4 times 
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