Friday, August 26, 2022

Train In Texas Collides With Truck Hauling Wind Turbine Blade

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  1. OMG but don't go see how the driver is.

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  2. This actually happened in Luling, Texas about a year ago. The truck was turning off old Highway 90 to head north. No idea why the convoy was so clueless about that track, it's the San Antonio - Houston line, always busy. In that first clip, where the trucker is filming from his cab, there's an excellent BBQ pit called City Market, been there forever, just off to his right.

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  3. Bunch of people got fired. Especially the guy that picked the route from A to B, and probably his boss too. Oh, insurance policies got canceled as well.

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    1. That was a career ending crash for the truck driver.

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    2. That being an oversized load, the route was probably picked by the permit office at the state department of transportation. Not that those people always get it right.

      With a load like that I would think it might be nice to know when the next train might be coming along. But that's just me.

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  4. Good. One less bird killing blade to deal with.

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  5. worked for conrail years ago, repaired the occasional wrecked locomotive. called it "headhunting".

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  6. Guess they’ll bury the 500 year half life carbon fiber blade in a landfill. Aren’t industrial grade pinwheels terrific for the environment.

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  7. Think of the birds that train engineer saved.

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  8. Too bad that the commentator is a moron that only knows 3 words

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  9. Don't know about Texas, but in Virginia, the Vehicle Driver is by Definition, Always at Fault,, because it is nearly Impossible for a Train to Stop in less than a Half-Mile. Here, that Driver would get a Reckless Conviction, and lose his CDL.

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