Spot Any Problems In This Photo?

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January 11, 2015

A friend sent me this photo which I thought worthy of sharing.

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10 Responses to Spot Any Problems In This Photo?

james whitis says:

January 12, 2015 at 11:23 pm

If a trains comes it will cut the hose the block pads are to keep cars from cutting water in hose . Big problem for train crossing.

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Marty J says:

January 13, 2015 at 7:17 am

This is a derailment waiting to happen! The Firemen who laid that hose should be severely chastised!! The ONLY way to cross the rails with a hose is UNDER the rails and between the TIES and even that is VERY dangerous!

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Newman Atkinson says:

January 13, 2015 at 3:29 pm

Chances are it would not do the train any good. It could, like the movie Unstoppable disintegrate those blocks too. Of course that was a movie. Same as the engines taking the siding and crashing but the main was still set straight…… What was wrong with that scene. I’d say something this time would be coming off the track……..

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Fire21 says:

January 13, 2015 at 8:35 pm

It’s my understanding this was done as a joke somewhere in Europe. I can’t imagine there’s a firefighter in the world who would believe this to be a workable setup.

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- Newman Atkinson says:
  
  January 28, 2015 at 2:36 am
  
  There are a lot of folks out there that would do this without thinking otherwise. They learned that this allows car wheels to go over the hoses and that is all they know. So they think train whells will do the same thing. Sorry an accident is going to happen. Newman
  
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Bob Lang says:

January 19, 2015 at 6:45 pm

Since I am with the Fire Dept, I would say this is a set up for a serious derailment. Sure, the wheels of the train would first crush this object, but the debris resulting would most certainly force the forward wheels off the track.

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rob mac pherson says:

January 21, 2015 at 4:05 am

goes to show that idiots are every were

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Tom Izzo says:

January 21, 2015 at 5:34 am

That is hilarious!!!!!!!!! Whoever the “genius” is that set that up, ought to lose his job immediately.

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Arnold Robert Lee says:

January 28, 2015 at 9:36 am

I recon this is a practical joke, not funny if it were real, it’s just a Photoshop picture to get a few laughs. I didn’t,– laugh that is.

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Ray Hazen says:

January 28, 2015 at 4:49 pm

This problem definitely needs rethinking the solution (I think it’s staged to be humorous). May be funny to some, but definitely not to the railroad. A cut hose is a small problem compared to a derailment.

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