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Good
news:
It was
a normal day in Sharon Springs , Kansas , when a Union Pacific
crew boarded a loaded coal train for the long trek to
Salina.
The Bad news:
Just a few miles into the trip a wheel
bearing became overheated and melted, letting a metal support
drop down and grind on the rail, creating white hot molten metal
droppings spewing down to the
rail.
The Good
news:
A very
alert crew noticed smoke about halfway back in the train and
immediately stopped the train in compliance with the
Governmental
Regulations.
The Bad news:
The train stopped with the hot wheel
over a wooden bridge with creosote ties and trusses. When
crew tried to explain tohigher-ups they needed to move
the train, they were instructed not to move the
train because Federal Regulations prohibit
moving the train when a part is defective. Well okee-dokey then,
and the pictures tell the rest. As always the Government
knows what is best for
us.REMEMBER, RULES ARE
RULES!
Don't
ever let common sense get in the way of a Government
Regulation.
news:
It was
a normal day in Sharon Springs , Kansas , when a Union Pacific
crew boarded a loaded coal train for the long trek to
Salina.
The Bad news:
Just a few miles into the trip a wheel
bearing became overheated and melted, letting a metal support
drop down and grind on the rail, creating white hot molten metal
droppings spewing down to the
rail.
The Good
news:
A very
alert crew noticed smoke about halfway back in the train and
immediately stopped the train in compliance with the
Governmental
Regulations.
The Bad news:
The train stopped with the hot wheel
over a wooden bridge with creosote ties and trusses. When
crew tried to explain tohigher-ups they needed to move
the train, they were instructed not to move the
train because Federal Regulations prohibit
moving the train when a part is defective. Well okee-dokey then,
and the pictures tell the rest. As always the Government
knows what is best for
us.REMEMBER, RULES ARE
RULES!
Don't
ever let common sense get in the way of a Government
Regulation.
