Tornados and Trains

[R.E.A.P.E.R.]

I was just browsing through a few "Storm Stories" videos when one caught my eye. Jump ahead to 8:44 and look at the damage and the railroad crossing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m16LyU5gSsg




Is'nt it amazing that the signal box survived and the rest of the area didn't.

But that brings up another question. Are train crews notified of severe weather?

[sd70accsxt700]

They are supposed to but CSX is notorious for not telling us crap. Mostly all they tell us is Flash Flood and 1 in a 1000 sever thunderstorms

[anumber1]

I had a twister pass over my locomotive (STLH something) while running through Pullman westbound a decade a go or so. ENGR and I wondered, Do we stop and cower in the nose? Keep going and see if we stay on the rail?

Lost a ditch light and the ENGR's mirror to flying debris.

"spatcher came on at about Hartford to "warn" us of severe weather.

K - thanks man... Only been tone-ing you up since Pullman.