Comments on: Holiday Express Derailment http://www.dogcaught.com/2005/12/10/holiday-express-derailment/ Illustrations of Pacific Northwest Railroading Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://www.dogcaught.com/2005/12/10/holiday-express-derailment/comment-page-1/#comment-107415 Anonymous Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:06:00 +0000 http://www.dogcaught.com/?p=98#comment-107415 I'm new to UU this year and is still figuring it all - I love the idea of ​​Chalice and celebrate the solstice. Our UU church is a special event in honor of the Solstice, which I welcome - but Chalice is a new idea. Thank you for sharing - I'm really interested to integrate new and meaningful rituals in my family. <a href="http://www.milfordplaza.com/" rel="nofollow">Manhattan Discount Hotels</a> I’m new to UU this year and is still figuring it all – I love the idea of ​​Chalice and celebrate the solstice. Our UU church is a special event in honor of the Solstice, which I welcome – but Chalice is a new idea. Thank you for sharing – I’m really interested to integrate new and meaningful rituals in my family.

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]]> By: http://www.allinclusive.co.uk http://www.dogcaught.com/2005/12/10/holiday-express-derailment/comment-page-1/#comment-107359 http://www.allinclusive.co.uk Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:56:00 +0000 http://www.dogcaught.com/?p=98#comment-107359 That's odd, hope they have been fully repaired and can be used again! That’s odd, hope they have been fully repaired and can be used again!

]]> By: Death and Mayhem are Popular » Another Blogger http://www.dogcaught.com/2005/12/10/holiday-express-derailment/comment-page-1/#comment-1749 Death and Mayhem are Popular » Another Blogger Tue, 18 Jul 2006 14:52:54 +0000 http://www.dogcaught.com/?p=98#comment-1749 [...] I run Dogcaught, which is a niche blog catering to those interested in railroading, the railroad industry, and photos of railroads. I routinely post daily observations or commentaries on the industry.  My traffic, inbound links, and ad click-through rates are pretty steady.  Guess what makes things go crazy… guess what drives traffic through the roof… guess what will guarantee me a bunch of advertising dollars… derailments.  Pictures and narratives of mangled steel and twisted tracks consistently drive traffic.  My most popular post ever was the Holiday Express Derailment and that was a pretty minor accident in the grand scheme of things. [...] [...] I run Dogcaught, which is a niche blog catering to those interested in railroading, the railroad industry, and photos of railroads. I routinely post daily observations or commentaries on the industry.  My traffic, inbound links, and ad click-through rates are pretty steady.  Guess what makes things go crazy… guess what drives traffic through the roof… guess what will guarantee me a bunch of advertising dollars… derailments.  Pictures and narratives of mangled steel and twisted tracks consistently drive traffic.  My most popular post ever was the Holiday Express Derailment and that was a pretty minor accident in the grand scheme of things. [...]

]]> By: Roger http://www.dogcaught.com/2005/12/10/holiday-express-derailment/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Roger Thu, 05 Jan 2006 13:15:36 +0000 http://www.dogcaught.com/?p=98#comment-48 Similar problem when the NPS train turned over a rail on the Delaware Water Gap run. poor \gauge restraint will do it every time. Similar problem when the NPS train turned over a rail on the Delaware Water Gap run.
poor \gauge restraint will do it every time.

]]> By: Bill Taylor http://www.dogcaught.com/2005/12/10/holiday-express-derailment/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Bill Taylor Sun, 18 Dec 2005 14:24:55 +0000 http://www.dogcaught.com/?p=98#comment-34 We were interested as we sometimes run into the same problem on the Assiniboine Valley Railway but in 1/8 scale the problems while real are not so gigantic. Still a boiler running at 350 degres can not simply be manhandled. We use slider plates and pry bars to move our light 1500 lb Pacific steamer. The deasels on the other hand are easier as you can simply jack up one end at a time and drop the power truck back on the rails. We run in winter and the biggest challange is ice and snow which is in real scale. The picture shows that the rail looks very light. What weight of rail were they running on. Regards Bill Taylor We were interested as we sometimes run into the same problem on the Assiniboine Valley Railway but in 1/8 scale the problems while real are not so gigantic. Still a boiler running at 350 degres can not simply be manhandled. We use slider plates and pry bars to move our light 1500 lb Pacific steamer. The deasels on the other hand are easier as you can simply jack up one end at a time and drop the power truck back on the rails. We run in winter and the biggest challange is ice and snow which is in real scale. The picture shows that the rail looks very light. What weight of rail were they running on.

Regards

Bill Taylor

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