Penn Central, Was It Really That Bad?
Penn Central, Was It Really That Bad?
The answer YES, Take a look for yourself...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHmyYqfNYnc
This video was sent to Congress to persuade them to form Conrail, if you're still interested read "The Wreck Of The Penn Central"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHmyYqfNYnc
This video was sent to Congress to persuade them to form Conrail, if you're still interested read "The Wreck Of The Penn Central"
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Re: Penn Central, Was It Really That Bad?
love some of those derailment scenes
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Great video. I knew PC was really bad, but not THAT bad. I always understood why they went bankrupt though
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Re: Penn Central, Was It Really That Bad?
Books on the Penn Central are many and varied. "Wreck of the Penn Central" (Little Brown & Co. 1971) has already been mentioned but there is also "No Way to Run a Railroad" (McGraw-Hill 1981), "The Fallen Colossus" (Weybright & Talley 1977), and "The Men Who Loved Trains" (Indiana 2006), the latter covers the state of the industry in the Northeast. For the operations of the road look at "Penn Central Railroad" (Motorbooks 2004) and "A Sampling of Penn Central" (Indiana 2000).
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Re: Penn Central, Was It Really That Bad?
Well they had no money to fix the tracks, which caused derailments, which destroyed cars that they didnt have the money to fix, which slowed freight service, it was all just a downhill spiral from the moment that the merger was announced.
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I remember reading the derailment in the video was staged, because they could not get a car to derail when they wanted it to.
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well they coulda waited about an hour lol and seen one happen on its own lol and im pretty sure that track is almost as bad as the MAW, 8 MPH speed restriction at all times is bad for a class 1.
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Re: Penn Central, Was It Really That Bad?
Always wondered why they couldn't have pulled it together to save themselves. On a side note I would love to know why YouTube made this a recommended video related to Penn Central?
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Re: Penn Central, Was It Really That Bad?
The Men Who Loved Trains really explains it well about what really happened..
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Was it THAT bad? When an employee had problems cashing his paycheck I would say it was THAT bad !
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What happens if you get killed becuase of a derailment on bad track? I'm pretty sure i wouldnt work for them
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WOW! To think that was a class 1.
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Re: Penn Central, Was It Really That Bad?
Ummm that can happen even today, so what is the point?DT&I wrote:What happens if you get killed becuase of a derailment on bad track? I'm pretty sure i wouldnt work for them
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they had 5-6 derailments in one yard a day, which means more risk than usualsd70accsxt700 wrote:Ummm that can happen even today, so what is the point?DT&I wrote:What happens if you get killed becuase of a derailment on bad track? I'm pretty sure i wouldnt work for them
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If your worried about getting killed by a derailment, dont matter how many in a day there are, it about the fact it can happen. There by you wouldent work for any railroad.DT&I wrote:they had 5-6 derailments in one yard a day, which means more risk than usualsd70accsxt700 wrote:Ummm that can happen even today, so what is the point?DT&I wrote:What happens if you get killed becuase of a derailment on bad track? I'm pretty sure i wouldnt work for them
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Re: Penn Central, Was It Really That Bad?
In which are you more likely to be killed? A simple jumping of the track, sitting in the ties while doing 5mph (which most of the mentioned incidents were) or a 60 mph rollover accident. It all goes back to physics. The more energy (momentum), the larger the wreck, because the wreck is the release of the energy built up. an 20-ton loco doing 5 MPH has far, far less built up energy than a 20ton loco doing 60. Then again, this is why you go slow on bad track.DT&I wrote:they had 5-6 derailments in one yard a day, which means more risk than usualsd70accsxt700 wrote:Ummm that can happen even today, so what is the point?DT&I wrote:What happens if you get killed becuase of a derailment on bad track? I'm pretty sure i wouldnt work for them
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Well they did say a lot of derailments happen in yards where there is more personnel so what happens if a car rolls on you?
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You go squish just like grape.DT&I wrote:Well they did say a lot of derailments happen in yards where there is more personnel so what happens if a car rolls on you?
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Lol and die, except the grape is not mourned except for the person who wanted to eat it lol
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Re: Penn Central, Was It Really That Bad?
WELL I LOVED the P.C. With the speed restrictions I was able to pace the trains on my bike and the slower speeds helped with my focusing my camera ( 110 or 126 ). The parade of colorful equipment was always great to see.