"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures)
04/22/2019 at 14:42 • Filed to: Ashland
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"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures)
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This time the dumbs weren’t even in a car
For Sweden
> Dusty Ventures
04/22/2019 at 14:50 |
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If someone is hit by the auotrain, are they also hit by a car?
Aremmes
> Dusty Ventures
04/22/2019 at 14:52 |
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But they're so stealthy! You can't even hear them when they come!
facw
> Dusty Ventures
04/22/2019 at 15:02 |
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Seems like they completely misjudged the speed. I wonder if they were used to long, slow freight trains, and were caught off guard by the (comparatively, but not objectively) fast passenger train.
Also, the autotrain is weird. It’s not a big money loser by Amtrak standards though, so I guess it can exist. In 2014 it was Amtrak’s 6th most profitable route by rate (a 5% operating loss) and 10th in absolute terms (lost $ 4.3M), which doesn’t sound great, but it is by far the best among Amtrak’s long distance routes.
smobgirl
> Dusty Ventures
04/22/2019 at 15:07 |
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My dad used to run Amtrak trains through A shland. I’m sure he has all kinds of stories.
Also Ashland Coffee and Tea is a cool place.
WilliamsSW
> facw
04/22/2019 at 15:19 |
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Quite likely. If you ever stand next to railroad tracks when a train is approaching, it is virtually * impossible* to correctly judge the train’s speed until it’s on top of you.
The locomotive actually appears * stationary* if the tracks are straight, and just slowly grows in size - until the last couple hundred feet, which isn’t much at 60-70 mph.
Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
> For Sweden
04/22/2019 at 15:20 |
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They aren’t just hit by a car, they’re hit by a car ON a car!
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Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
> Dusty Ventures
04/23/2019 at 12:37 |
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I talked to someone who lives in Ashland and asked them what the deuce... their response? A lot of old people. And apparently a pretty good restaurant .