it depends on what the weather is like if its nice
96 corvette lt4
or
98 blazer
I hear we are having nice weather - really nice weather!
Who knows - maybe you will be going my way!
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Can ya read? I don’t have a half gallon tank either. (35gallon tank, with a 50gallon in the bed)
Adrianspeeder
I have had a fascination with railways since I was a child,and sort of kept up an interest and an eye on the trains and tracks, just last week this forum quoted "rail chase vehicles’’ which I have never heard of and no one bothered to explain this strange phenomenen. After reading some of the nearly 100 posts it seems that a certain group of people get in their cars(and a lot of truck things) and chase after freight trains down rain-slicked backroads at the speed of the train and I assume try to beat the train to it’s destination and ( I assume again) try to photograph it, is this true----the photography??? then jump in their vehicle and race off to the next stop and repeat the same again. Do I have this right(please explain if this is wrong) Now I’m supposing if I was to roar around the country here where I live racing after a freight train, which around here would be a very dangerous thing to do, I would for sure be arrested for dangerous driving, but I would think the worst part would be trying to explain to the arresting officer just exactly what I was doing. This is the first time myself and a few others have ever heard of this behavior. I have a strange feeling I will have very few responses to the above questions. thanks
My feet are; unfortunatly they aren’t the most reliable for chasing the train.
My rail chase vehicle is a 1997 Ford Explorer. It’s an unusual model in that it has a V-8 engine and all wheel drive. It doubles as my storm chasing truck and emergency response vehicle! Ah, the joys of being a fireman!
This is my train chase of the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad this spring.
Well I’ll be dipped. Another rail foamer/ storm foamer. I thought I was the only one in world that had those interests common to the same person! It actually works as a great back up. For example, while chasing a supercell up on I-76, I started noticing I was out of daylight, so I abandoned the storm chase, but took this artsy-fartsy shot in Roggen,
as well as the shot of my Caprice that started this thread off. You can see the top of the anvil in the upper left hand corner of the elevator shot. And yes, one of these days I’ll get around to correcting the barrel distortion. Just too lazy at the moment, I guess.
Hey CopCarSS, I’m number third! I also love trains and storms. I just don’t get to chase storms as much as I would like to.
As for chase vehicles, either my 97 Taurus or 2000 F-150.
Saab '00 9.5 Aero - all-weather and especially at home passing EMD power from (recently) former common owner GM, not to mention Chebby SUVs ditched in winter
Hmm, maybe we all have a latent desire to chase things…But that thought could take us [#offtopic]!
5.0L or 4.6L? You want rare? How about a eddie bauer limited V8 FIVE SPEED handshaker! Buddy got one and it is the only explorer I would buy.
Well I don’t do it to photograph, I just do it to drive. But then again I like drivin more than I like trains. Cops round here run on the “good ole boy” system, and I guess I’m lucky to be one of the good ole boys.
Adrianspeeder
Check mine out:
Well, yes, more or less. We try to keep things safe, although a little excess speed usually helps things along a bit. I’ve personally chased a train 2/3 of the way across the state, just to get exactly the pictures I wanted!
-Mark
www.fuzzyworld3.com
Mini Cooper S Mk1 red with white bonnet stripes and a full sunroof, it actually looks just like one of the Minis from The Italian Job.
~METRO
73 Datsun 1200 ute (that’s a pickup…). ten (US) gallon fuel tank, and 350 miles range. If it won’t go there, I shouldn’t have been there anyway.
If I wear a hat, I’ll pass for a local anywhere in the bush.
My Schwin bike! Can’t drive yet. So I guess you wouldn’t really call the bike a “chase vehicle”, seeing as I just ride to the tracks and sit there. The only thing I’d be able to keep up with would be a slow yard move, and even that might be difficult![:D]
Alfa Romeo GTV. 155MPH. 4 Days old, which is why I did’nt see this thread when it started.
The most fun I’ve ever had with my clothes on…
yeah, it seeems to me, that no one in here cares about getting good gas mileage…
Chevy 04` Z71 Tahoe. With sunroof, loaded with everything except Stabilertrak system. Chases are limited due to an avg. of 16 MPG at $2.15 /gal
Oh, I dont know, 27 mpg freeway, 17 mpg city isnt too bad for a 4400lbs Hemi powered station wagon…
Better than the 2.5 liter Jeep…
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1984 Chevy Blazer makes a good train chaser… you never know when you might need 4-wheel drive.