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The Bay of Quinte Railway was a small regional rail line located in Hastings County, ON, Canada. This unusual photo shows a collision between two engines back in 1892.
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Train engines should not play chicken
Never saw a BUCKING BRONCO ENGINE. WOOOOOOOOOW
Bless You… Have the sniffles long?
Position number 69 in the Karma Sutra?
The first 0-4-0 switcher by accident!
Railroad engineers try to determine why tracks were laid upside-down.
I’m still not exactly sure what happened but having a look at the following link may be helpful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KBaQ41TMaU
Regards, Trevor
That was very enlightening, thank you for sharing…
Thank you, Trevor. Very interesting video.
He was missing his sweatheart so much that he needed a hug.
There’s just no stopping them when it’s mating season.
I was sure I left the remote for station door right under here.
He missed his sweat heart so very much that he needed a hug
One day while double heading, the rookie engineer…
The closer locomotive started up over the cowcatcher of the other locomotive. The first locomotive went over on its back, while the second started climbing the first one
Correct, I had the same idea, the cowcatchers on those engines were massive just like a launch ramp.
How many times must I tell you, you cannot do a loop with a steam engine!
I told you we should never have switched to DCC! With DC and a Block Control System, this would never have happened!
Wait till Dad sees this. It’s not my fault.
They thought playing Chicken was all fun and games until…
N scale?
Steam engine mating season.
“No means No”, she yelled !
Looks like one train rear ended the other.
The birth of the Piggy Back line
Doing the railroad tangle, eh.
Thanks for the giggles guys. “I thought I was on that line up there on the top of the bank”
It easy to see that it is “Matting Season for Iron Horses Arrives In Canada”.
So this is how little engines are made !!!
And I always thought they did it doggy style !!
Going in, –I had a bad feeling about this election (2016)
Bottoms Up!
How many months did you say for a baby train?
“It said something about being from Cybertron & started transforming, but looks like it got steps 2, 3 & 4 mixed up”
Dave you must wait for the rear engine to brake first!.
Strange mating habits of early American locomotives!X
thank you for the tummy rub but you needed to get lower!!!
Funny picture and two people died in that accident. Head on collision with the passenger train hitting the gravel train.
Gee! the Safe working did not work
Where the term “reverse engineering” came from…
Ouch – after that insertion, I’m feeling a little tender.
Early attempts of an MU or early n scale.
OOOOOPPPPPSSS Now you did it.. We have to tell someone about this because You are in trouble now.
women drivers Dont tell the mrs i said that
Yeah, just stick it in the ute and I’ll fix it at home.
No worries mate.
I told you the brakes were a bit keen
There goes our on-time reputation!
one engine ran into the other.
I’ll second Phil. “Bottoms Up!!”
Driving that train high on cocaine, Casey Jones you better watch your speed.
Perhaps it was mating season and they were making another train!!
UMM BOSS I CAN EXPLAIN… THAT WHEELIE DIDN’T GO AS PLANNED.
Not now Josephine.
sorry Mum not angle parking
Who forgot to install the anti-climbers?
Tripped
Fell head over heals in love with passing engine. Should never look back!
Man those brakes are good !
Two engines in heat
Caption for the Photo:
The man on the left is saying, “I think we should review the procedure for double heading..”
Care to dance, Milady?
Oops!!!
Must be Ohio Drivers. Ohio once had only two automobiles in the state and they had a reck.
As a young adult Donald Trump’s father gave him a railroad to run.
When your mom wakes you up at midnight.
When your driving a train and you hit the end of the map