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> Trains usually go on rails Usually indeed. Besides accidental derailments, there was a time in the late 90s when a town in Canada intentionally derailed a d
by robonerd 4y ago
> Trains usually go on rails
Usually indeed. Besides accidental derailments, there was a time in the late 90s when a town in Canada intentionally derailed a diesel-electric locomotive and drove it down the street half a mile under its own power so they could use it as an emergency generator. The road needed to be repaired, but apparently the locomotive was fine and eventually returned to regular service.
- dervjd 4y agoHere's a HN post from a few months back discussing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26233736 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26233736
- upwardbound 4y agoReferences about the Canada story: https://gizmodo.com/that-time-a-canadian-town-derailed-a-diesel-train-and-d-1846307148 https://gizmodo.com/that-time-a-canadian-town-derailed-a-die... https://steemit.com/history/@kiligirl/remembering-canada-s-worst-ice-storm-ever-part-5-postscript-what-happened-in-my-home-town#:~:text=There%20was%20an%20interesting%20phenomenon,to%20the%20Boucherville%20town%20hall https://steemit.com/history/@kiligirl/remembering-canada-s-w...
- a9h74j 4y agoI suppose they do fine on land as long as you don't drop them: https://trainfanatics.com/locomotive-dropped-dock/ https://trainfanatics.com/locomotive-dropped-dock/