Oops

Classic Toy Trains Forum
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I guess this is funny, unless you happened to be one of the passengers. [:D]

SAN DIEGO (Associated Press) – It was the little engine that couldn’t _ because it was thirsty for fuel.

A quick train trip down the coast turned into a long haul for more than 80 Amtrak passengers when their train from Los Angeles to San Diego ran out of fuel Sunday night.

Amtrak spokesman Cliff Cole said the train sat for about two hours on the northern edge of San Diego before another engine came along to push it the last several miles to the San Diego train station.

The train, which had left Los Angeles at 8:30 p.m., didn’t get there until 1:15 a.m. Monday, two hours late.

A train running out of fuel is “an unusual occurrence” and Amtrak officials will be looking into how it happened, Cole said.

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Gosh, I would have thought those La Jolla train fans would’ve brought some booze and snacks out to tide the passengers over. It should’a been parytime.[swg]

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Probably couldn’t afford diesel fuel at LA prices.

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Maybe someone siphoned the tank when they weren’t looking. [:D]

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If they were out of fuel, they surely needed HEP!

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Be serious now ! You know those folks in La Jolla don’t do “booze & snacks”, now if you had said “wine & cheese & quiche”. [(-D]

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Read that in this morning’s paper. [(-D]

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Maybe the engineer was thinking his guage worked the same way it does in his car, 1/8 tank means I can drive for 2 more hours.

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Had to be a Insane Diego based train crew, sooooooo lackadasical !