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Thursday, 28 August 2014

Cars & Transportation: Rail: “Question: Can I bring my bike on the Amtrak now???” plus 3 more

Cars & Transportation: Rail: “Question: Can I bring my bike on the Amtrak now???” plus 3 more


Question: Can I bring my bike on the Amtrak now???

Posted: 28 Aug 2014 04:13 PM PDT

Yes, you can take your bike on an Amtrak train. You have to buy a box from Amtrak to put it in. There may be some charge for carrying it; I'm not sure, but it is not very much. Also, you can save your box and re use it when you go home.

Question: Bullet train booking?

Posted: 28 Aug 2014 12:53 PM PDT

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I want to book the seat of bullet train from fukuoka to tokyo narita. I want to know the cost price for 31-8-2014

Question: Train wreck in blackfoot idaho?

Posted: 27 Aug 2014 09:38 PM PDT

What would you like to know?
Idaho State Police
District 5 5205 South 5th Ave.
Pocatello, Idaho 83204-2299
(208) 236-6466 FAX: (208) 236-6068

For Immediate Release: 3/6/2014 4:25 p.m.
Please direct questions to the District Office

On March 6, 2014 at approximately 1:28 p.m., the Idaho State Police investigated a vehicle vs. train crash on 100 West at US-91 in Blackfoot. Anthony Pfannschmidt, 26, of Blackfoot, was southbound on 100 West, just off US-91 in a 1999 Dodge Dakota pickup and was approaching a railroad crossing. The red lights at the crossing were activated due to an approaching Union-Pacific train. After stopping, Pfannschmidt felt like he was in dangerous proximity to the crossing and decided to cross the tracks. As Pfannschmidt was crossing the tracks his vehicle experienced a mechanical issue causing it to slow. After slowing, Pfannschmidt's vehicle was struck and pushed off the tracks by the passing train.

Pffanschmidt's vehicle sustained heavy damage due to the collision. There was minor damage to the train, and no damage to the tracks. While there was no road blockage due to the crash, the road was blocked for half an hour for traffic control. Pfannschmidt was wearing his seatbelt and was not injured in the crash. This crash is under investigation by the Idaho State Police.

Or this one nearby
Idaho State Police
Region 5 5205 South 5th Ave.
Pocatello, Idaho 83204-2299
(208) 236-6466 FAX: (208) 236-6068

For Immediate Release: 02/19/2011 at 2:45 p.m.
Contact: Cpl. H. Caldera

On Saturday, February 19, 2011, at approximately 8:18 a.m., Idaho State Police investigated a crash at 252N on US 91, near milepost 105, north of Blackfoot, ID.

Regina Morrow, 71, of Blackfoot, Idaho was driving westbound on 252N, in a 2001 Pontiac Bonneville. When crossing the railroad tracks she failed to yield for an oncoming Union Pacific train. Morrow's vehicle was struck by the train, operated by Daniel Rowe, 56, of Pocatello, Idaho.

Morrow was transported by ground ambulance to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Her passenger Barbara Porter, 46, of Blackfoot, Idaho, was transported by ground ambulance to Bingham Memorial Hospital in Blackfoot, Idaho. Both subjects sustained non-life threatening injuries. Both Morrow and Porter where wearing their seat belts.

Cpl. Caldera was assisted at the scene by Idaho State Police Tpr. Williams, Bingham County Sheriff's Office and Blackfoot Fire Department.

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Question: How do you deal with extreme weather when working on train crew?

Posted: 26 Aug 2014 11:50 PM PDT

I don't think a train crew, today, is exposed to extreme weather. But during WWII, British and Norwegian ships, sailing the Norwegian Sea to what was called, the Murmansk convoys, to provide weapons to the Soviet Union, had to keep a sharp look-out for German submarines.

Look-outs would stay for hours long on the fly bridge with binoculars. The cold wind of the Norwegian sea was biting their faces at the risk of frostbite. They would then warn each other like: "Er ... your left cheek, Sir!" and he would then rub his cheek to get the blood circulating in it, thus avoiding frostbite.

My advice to you would then be: Listen to the local people, they know how to live in their climate. If you were e.g. going to ski cross-country in Norway, I would tell you: Take a light shovel with you and if caught in a snow storm, dig a hole in the snow and stay in it until the weather gets better. That is something everybody learns at school in Norway. But we are never told how to find water in a tropical desert, for example! ;-)

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