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- From: wbrill@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Warren Brill)
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 15:29:31 GMT
- Subject: Re: Dead meat, was Re: Stupid People (Grade crossings)
- Message-ID: <122200180@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
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- Newsgroups: rec.railroad
- References: <1992Nov12.202042.7163@telebit.com>
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- In rec.railroad, CZ94@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA (CZ94) writes:
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- > In article <1992Nov12.202042.7163@telebit.com> bjork@telebit.com (Steven Bjork) writes:
- > >
- > >The Alaska Railroad has problems with moose. The trains plow out
- > >a nice place for the critters to walk, thus they congregate there.
- > >
- > >CTC Board mag claimed 20 or so struck in a single trip is not uncommon.
- > >
- > I've heard that when Canadian National switched from steam to diesel,
- > there was a sharp increase in the number of moose killed by trains.
- > It seems that a diesel's air horn, unlike a steam whistle, sounds
- > much like the love call of a moose.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^'
- *** Maybe that's why there are so many grade crossing accidents...Maybe the
- diesel horn sounds like the love call of a big V-8.... :-) :-) ***
-
- >
- > Tom Box
- > CZ94@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA
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