Cars & Transportation: Rail: “Question: Help I need Train Advice!!?” plus 2 more |
- Question: Help I need Train Advice!!?
- Question: What do I need to take on a train ride for a new start?
- Question: Did you ever hope for the crossing gates to come down when approaching railroads?
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| Question: What do I need to take on a train ride for a new start? Posted: 20 Sep 2016 01:12 PM PDT I travel by train, so I can help you there. You want to carry only what you can easily handle in one trip. That's a suitcase and a backpack, plus a purse. You will stow the suitcase overhead, so make sure it's not too heavy. Keep all your valuables in the backpack in a zipped compartment, and take both it and your purse with you any time you leave your seat for food or the restroom. They sell food in the dining car, usually just sandwiches on most routes, although some have a full dining service where they seat you with strangers and there are waiters. Every train seat has an electrical outlet, so you can use laptops or charge other devices. The internet on trains, when offered, is usually really slow. I usually pack a lunch or dinner and bring a book. I can't begin to guess where you should go and what you'll need when you get there. Do you have job skills? Friends you can stay with? If not, it's going to take a lot of money for hotels while you seek a place to live, then first and last month's rent plus perhaps a security deposit, all without any money coming in. You need to consider transportation to look for work and get to your job, so location is a huge factor. |
| Question: Did you ever hope for the crossing gates to come down when approaching railroads? Posted: 19 Sep 2016 09:09 PM PDT A minor history lesson here. The term "foamer" is a tongue and cheek term taken today to describe a rabid railfan, train spotter or devotee. But the term started being used in the canyon created by the Feather River route of the Western Pacific in the mid 1960's. Up stream, lumber mills and logging operations including mill ponds developed highly stagnant water causing contamination of the river waterway. Down stream these flocculants would be caught in eddies in the Feather river, and actually foam up in them. The devout photographers waded into it for the best shots, hence called "foamers" by the train and engine crews. I know this as I began my railroad career there in 1971 before hiring out the following year with the Southern Pacific. Try this. The next time a train passes where an unobstructed profile view of the rail, look at where the wheels meet the rail. You'll get an idea how heavy these things are as you see the rail bow with them directly above. Consider this; Once there was a switching move under way in Roseburg, Oregon at walking speed, and a center beam flat loaded with lumber derailed at a crossing. It just laid on its side with no drama at all. But an impatient motorist got as close to the lowered gates as possible without screwing up the hood ornament. The derailed car crushed the front of the automobile and him right along with it. So, ALWAYS Stop back 50' if possible. You just might keep from getting a 100 ton load of lumber in your lap... Thanks for a question where I can bang on the safety drum again. |
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