Somebody has ‘steered’ this thread way off track,
we need to be mooooving along.
Actually Ed,that was the ‘udder’ fellow.[:D][(-D]
Pardon if I horn in, but this thread really mooves me.
If I’m ever on an Amtrak train that that hits a herd of cows… Lets just say that I’ll be ordering the fi***hat night.
I would be kinda cute if a train hit a cow and local rancher was called only to find the branding on cow reads something like “EMD”, “GE”, "UP or “BNSF”.
[xx(]In Terry Pindell’s book “Making Tracks” (an extended travelogue about the author’s cross-country journeys on Amtrak), the author learns of this kind of thing first hand. On a westbound trip on the Zephyr, he gets out at Sparks, NV to get a photo of the engine.
The engineer advises them to hold off, but then accompanies them to the front where the remains of a sheep are impaled on the engine’s front coupler and splattered over the front of the engine. The train had hit about 15 sheep the night before. The assistant who has to clean up the mess refers to the sheep as [***] grenades because they explode on impact. Yeccch.
MP
Was that cow mooooooooning the Railroad that hit it?
Train.
(Thanks, Gary)
Meat salvage? Only in your dreams. Ever hear the hunter’s term bloodshot? That refers to the damage to the tissues near the point of impact of the bullet. The meat is bruised and is generally unusable. The same can be said of the impact with a locomotive. Imagine the forces of acceleration involved, cow - speed 0 mph, train - 60mph, impact - cow speed to 60 mph in 0.006 sec. Literally the animal explodes internally and the entire animal is bruised as in bloodshot in an instant. Internal organs are ruptured and the carcas may lay out in the August sun for hours before anyone can retrieve it. Buzzard bait is about all it is. Each case is different but section workers will tell you attempts to salvage even the best parts are generally futile and rarely successful.
Pound for pound large beavers make the loudest impact. If you don’t see the animal you would think you had hit a large bull or moose. The carnage to wildlife on the rails in the winter is unbelievable until you work on the trains. On a bad night your train might kill 5 - 7 deer in separate incidents. The two or three trains behind you do the same thing. The worst is when you are the third train, the lead train hits something, the second crew reports the deer has a broken back but is alive and you get to stop and use an air hose or air hose wrench to end the pain. Something they don’t cover at Johnson County or Modoc, I am sure…
Life goes on, the coyotes, raccoons, rats, ravens and bald eagles have to eat as well. Cats prefer to kill their own.
beef, it’s what’s for dinner
…here at “Railroad-kill Cafe”
Try an Armadillo, they rattle around from the front pilot, under the traction motors, fuel tank and rear motors, then all over again on the next unit.
Little suckers are tough!
Ed
Hit a armadillo in a truck the sound just like a big piece of popcorn expolding under your wheels makes a nice mess. The worst animal to hit though has to be a skunk no matter how fast your running they always manage to hit the spray and get it all over the place.
Armadillo???So what’s y’all’s problem? Just put it in the deer sausage ya made from last night’s hit to give it some grease? Ummmmm! Ummmm![dinner]
Mookie–
Armadillo. Tastes just like cat![}:)][(-D][(-D][(-D]
Oh crap, you did it now.
Moo kie.
She will be on here tomorrow…
Time to head 'em up and move 'em out…[:D]
Ed
Have you moo-ved beyond your last will & testament yet?
“Well we’re moooving on up,to that delux apartment in the sky.”[:D]
I kinda liked the story in TRAINS a while back about the loco that got sprayed…
Fair warning! I am getting your present ready for next Xmas - coal in your stocking. Except it will be a coal car full. Explain that to the wife/s.o./girlfriend/mom/dad/dog!
Especially the mess I am going to make with it - plus ruin a perfectly good sock!
Off to the “nail” place to get them redone…
[:(!]
I feel moooooved to respond to this post. Now I have to rush out for a hamburger. [dinner]!
This thread is cornier than the contents of a unit grain (corn) train.
What kind of name is upchuck?
Adrianspeeder