Common practice?

[rickf77]

I was just watching the news about the floods out in Medicine Hat, Alberta. The CP parks trains on their bridges when the water starts getting real high. This is to add weight to the bridge of course. Do other railroads do this?

Cheers...rick

 

[bendorsey]

Sounds like a rather iffy idea at best. If the water doesn't get too high over the bridge it might work but if it gets too high not only do they lose the bridge they lose the train as well. Bean counters (accountants) might not think to highly of the practice.

Ben

 

[rickf77]

I'm sure you're the man who would know about this! By the sounds of what the news guy was saying, they do this on any bridges that are threatened. Maybe they have crews standing by to move the trains when the water reaches a certain level. Thanks Ben, perhaps yet another reason why we are known as crazy Canucks!

Cheers.....Rick

 

[bendorsey]

I don't know about being a bridge expert in the real world. It just sounds like a dumb idea.

Ben

 

[frogpipe]

In Ocean City MD, there used to be a RR bridge across Assawoman bay (yes that's the name). With a hurricane bearing down on Ocean City, the railroad elected to load box cars with scrap and push them out onto the bridge.

The bridge is gone, and as far as I know the box cars are still in the silt at the bottom of the bay.

 

[cascaderailroad]

On the Rockville bridge north of Harrisburg Pa (once 4 tracked), now 2 tracked, when winter winds of 60mph are in store, they park a loaded coal train on the upwind side to block wind, as a double stack train blew over, derailed, and 2 cars tipped their containers, went into the drink, and floated down river ... I think it was only full of Chinese Bird clocks, and Dollar Store cheap Asian junk.

 

[bendorsey]

I rest my case, lol.

Ben

 

[wholbr]

Deleated wrong thread, apologies everybody
Bill

 

[bendorsey]

Errrrr- Bill - I think this is in the wrong thread.

Ben

 

[Sourdough]

Hi Everybody.
Here in the UK any employee of a transport company whether that be road or rail would be subject to dismissal from his employment on the grounds of gross misconduct for allowing any unauthorised person access to the cab of a vehicle. The reason for the foregoing would be that there is no insurance for persons other than authorised employees to travel in company vehicles either road or rail........Now, the foregoing would be a real eighteenth birthday for a genuine rail enthusiasts who has perhaps never travelled on a large passenger network.

Bill

Thanks, Bill......I was hoping someone would come along and set the record straight on parking trains on bridges....

 

[bendorsey]

Hi Bill:

I doubt there are very many Trainzers who have never done that (and won't accidently do it again in the future).

Ben

 

[whitepass]

The cost of replacing the bridge and the loss of the track for use is a lot more than some old rail cars.

 

[jordon412]

. . . the railroad elected to load box cars with scrap and push them out onto the bridge.

I guess they didn't want the cars also.

 

[BLACKWATCH]

When you Crash a Train in Trainz, there's no Investigation into why it Crashed

Such a stupid quote, but I'll answer it anyway .........................

Crashing a train in a game doesn't KILL anyone, so no need for an investigation.

Try seperating your 2 brain cells into reallity & dreamworld, there you may find your answer.

 

[cascaderailroad]

Such a stupid quote, but I'll answer it anyway .........................

Crashing a train in a game doesn't KILL anyone, so no need for an investigation.

Try seperating your 2 brain cells into reallity & dreamworld, there you may find your answer.

Well ... That was just downright mean !

https://www.google.com/search?q=mean+people+suck&client=firefox-a&hs=Fkv&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=VsPIUfXIEfjG4APmjYGYBw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1315&bih=672

https://www.google.com/search?clien...e+suck+bunny&revid=215447230&biw=1315&bih=672

Maybe they only park their "Ugly" trains on the bridge ... that way it's no big loss !

 

[KingConrail76]

Such a stupid quote, but I'll answer it anyway .........................

Crashing a train in a game doesn't KILL anyone, so no need for an investigation.

Try seperating your 2 brain cells into reallity & dreamworld, there you may find your answer.

There was this one time, when the Pot called the Kettle "Black"...

--Hey Genius, it wasn't a question or a "quote", it is his Sig, and is a "Statement".

With 2,250-some posts, I'd think even you could figure that out. :hehe:

 

[norfolksouthern37]

I was just watching the news about the floods out in Medicine Hat, Alberta. The CP parks trains on their bridges when the water starts getting real high. This is to add weight to the bridge of course. Do other railroads do this?

Cheers...rick

Yes i have seen this done before, usually with a string of heavily loaded hoppers. you have to consider, that it is better to try and save the bridge with a heavy train and risk losing the bridge and train cars than to just let the bridge go and sever the line for months. having the train up there greatly increases the odds the bridge will survive.