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| Author: | tomgears [ Fri May 06, 2011 8:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Old Patagonian Express Rolls in High Wind |
These photos are amazing. I'm glad there were no serious injuries and I hope the old Baldwin lives to steam another day. http://www.cam111.com/photonews/2011/04/24/92087.html http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=362497 http://m24digital.com/en/2011/04/23/chu ... a-derails/ |
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| Author: | daylight4449 [ Fri May 06, 2011 8:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Old Patagonian Express Rolls in High Wind |
Aside from spilt oil and water, I'd put money on her seeing service again. Must have been some serious wind to knock that engine over though... |
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| Author: | Trevor Heath [ Sat May 07, 2011 9:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Old Patagonian Express Rolls in High Wind |
An e-mail from Argentina this evening indicates a high level of skepticism from within the federal rail inspectorate that high winds are the cause of this accident. TH |
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| Author: | daylight4449 [ Sat May 07, 2011 10:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Old Patagonian Express Rolls in High Wind |
Trevor Heath wrote: An e-mail from Argentina this evening indicates a high level of skepticism from within the federal rail inspectorate that high winds are the cause of this accident. TH Well, from the pics, the track looks in good order, so could something on the underside of the train have got hung up on the roadbed? |
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| Author: | Randy Hees [ Sun May 08, 2011 2:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Old Patagonian Express Rolls in High Wind |
Don't underestimate the winds in Patagonia... They are strong enough to knock a train over. We visited the area a couple of years ago, and encountered winds that caused a cruise ship company to hire a couple of tugs to hold a moored ship against the dock... they were fearful of the mooring lines parting. In town some street crossings were closed... As a pedestrian, it was just too difficult to cross the street with the wind blowing. |
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| Author: | dinwitty [ Mon May 09, 2011 11:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Old Patagonian Express Rolls in High Wind |
hmm, its like we have snowsheds, well, maybe windsheds would be handy, redirect the draft away... |
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| Author: | Bob Davis [ Tue May 10, 2011 2:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Old Patagonian Express Rolls in High Wind |
Anyone who reads sea stories will know that the southern tip of South America is one of the windiest places on earth. Even the big ships proceed with caution around Cape Horn. |
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| Author: | daylight4449 [ Tue May 10, 2011 7:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Old Patagonian Express Rolls in High Wind |
dinwitty wrote: hmm, its like we have snowsheds, well, maybe windsheds would be handy, redirect the draft away... That might not be a bad idea. Maybe use something like jersey barriers? |
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| Author: | tomgears [ Tue May 10, 2011 8:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Old Patagonian Express Rolls in High Wind |
It looks like they have made some progress and hope to run her again. http://www.elchubut.com.ar/despliegue-n ... cia=158570 http://www.bariloche2000.com/comentario ... faga-.html |
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| Author: | daylight4449 [ Tue May 10, 2011 8:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Old Patagonian Express Rolls in High Wind |
tomgears wrote: It looks like they have made some progress and hope to run her again. http://www.elchubut.com.ar/despliegue-n ... cia=158570 http://www.bariloche2000.com/comentario ... faga-.html Can someone translate that article? I can't really read spanish-based languages. |
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| Author: | tomgears [ Tue May 10, 2011 9:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Old Patagonian Express Rolls in High Wind |
Try this: http://translate.google.com/ Put the URL in and it will translate the whole website. |
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| Author: | Steve Singer [ Tue May 10, 2011 10:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Old Patagonian Express Rolls in High Wind |
The photo of the Esquel station master shows a Henschel behind him. No Henschels have been in service for several years, but one is supposedly being rebuilt for a German tour group scheduled for March 2012. |
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| Author: | Bobharbison [ Tue May 10, 2011 11:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Old Patagonian Express Rolls in High Wind |
While it's amazing that the wind could roll a train over like that, it's also hard to imagine another scenario that would roll the cars over in that manner. It will be interesting to see what the investigation finds out. |
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| Author: | Trevor Heath [ Tue May 17, 2011 12:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Old Patagonian Express Rolls in High Wind |
See here for eye witness report and images taken at the time http://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/argent11.htm TH |
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