Roller bearings. Fun fact: Southern Pacific's Daylight locomotives, specifically the rare GS-5 class (engines 4458 & 4459), were unique for being equipped with roller bearings on their axles, unlike the standard GS-4s that used SP's own spring-pad lubricated plain bearings, providing a smoother ride but costing more and adding weight; #4458 had Timken rollers and #4459 had SKF, making them experimental high-speed passenger engines that proved durable, though SP largely stuck to their proven plain bearings for cost reasons.
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So in a situation with a run-a-away car would it trigger the crossing lights/bells and gates? I get it's Mexico so it may be different but if this were to happen on a modern rail line in the US?
Modern American train signals primarily use track circuits, where steel wheels and axles short-circuit a low-voltage electrical current between the rails in a specific track section (block), telling the system the block is occupied and turning signals red, while newer systems use coded track circuits or digital signals sent through the rails or wires to provide more info (like speed) directly to the train's cab (cab signaling) for advanced safety, replacing older mechanical signals.
There is a section in an Army Field Manual about disruption of enemy logistics by putting wires between rails to interfere with block occupancy detection.
Get a trailer truck they seem to be stopping trains all the time.
im assuming those axles are well lubricated, or that line is downhill. never seen a single bpxcar running away that fast and for that long.
Roller bearings. Fun fact: Southern Pacific's Daylight locomotives, specifically the rare GS-5 class (engines 4458 & 4459), were unique for being equipped with roller bearings on their axles, unlike the standard GS-4s that used SP's own spring-pad lubricated plain bearings, providing a smoother ride but costing more and adding weight; #4458 had Timken rollers and #4459 had SKF, making them experimental high-speed passenger engines that proved durable, though SP largely stuck to their proven plain bearings for cost reasons.
This feller definitely trains.
Live steam, but I dabble in electric and digital.
It's a 4:34 duration video of the same 20 seconds repeatedly stitched together...
Ah, the future.
I was sort of hoping for some Freebird, but Runaway Train is way more appropriate!
Perhaps the next one
Bitch, they left me!
GTA 5 train box car… Can’t stop, won’t stop
Side quest in GTA6 when it releases in 2034.
Bitch, I'm going solo!
I was hoping to see a PIT maneuver.
Puta, yo so un car-o de la box.
Bitch, I’m driving myself.
When did this happen? I couldn't find anything in google.
There are a lot of local things which do not appear on Google. For example the last fatalities of the Brightline train.
I found info on them quite easily.
all of them?
The Miami Herald listed 198 fatalities on the line, including the two this month.
edit: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article312902998.html
That Boxcar gives me the Willies.
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So in a situation with a run-a-away car would it trigger the crossing lights/bells and gates? I get it's Mexico so it may be different but if this were to happen on a modern rail line in the US?
Modern American train signals primarily use track circuits, where steel wheels and axles short-circuit a low-voltage electrical current between the rails in a specific track section (block), telling the system the block is occupied and turning signals red, while newer systems use coded track circuits or digital signals sent through the rails or wires to provide more info (like speed) directly to the train's cab (cab signaling) for advanced safety, replacing older mechanical signals.
Dude, they asked about crossing signals...
There is a section in an Army Field Manual about disruption of enemy logistics by putting wires between rails to interfere with block occupancy detection.
Shorter answer, yes it would trigger the crossings.
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I haven't thought about Box Car Racer in over a decade or two.
Bitch I’m freeeeeeeeee!
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