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76,5 meter high telescoping mobile tower crane. Or, if you are an amateur radio operator, is a perfect mast for the mobile version of 7J4AAL type antenna

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Jeremy Clarkson interviews Harry Enfield about cars and his experiences of them. From the BBC.

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October 9, 2006 - Cactus, Texas.
Picture of aftermath:
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A BNSF Railway southward loaded coal train, operating at 36 mph, entered an occupied siding through a switch mistakenly left open, in non-signal territory and struck cars that were sitting there.
As a result of the collision, 26 cars and two locomotives were derailed, both crewmen were injured and damages estimated to exceed $1,000,000.

The south bound coal train, having just past the crossing at Tumbleweed road, was operated at approximately 36 mph approaching the accident area. The train crews view of the track ahead was not obstructed, it was dusk, and rain had fallen earlier in the area to make the rail lightly wet. As the crew cleared the crossing gates at Tumbleweed road the trained continued to travel south on the track approximately 800 ft before realizing the main track switch 3638 was lined in the reverse position.

The engineer and conductor observed the reverse switch target simultaneously and called it out in unison and the engineer moved the automatic brake lever to
emergency. Both the engineer and conductor got down as low as possible on the floor of the cab and braced for impact with the cars in the siding. The train had slowed to 32 mph when the collision occurred. The speeds were recorded by the event recorder of the second locomotive due to the severe damage on the leading locomotive.

After the train came to a stop the lead locomotive was on its side with the engineer and conductor still in the cab but on top of each other from the collision. The conductor was able to squeeze through the front window and drop to the ground and walk to the second unit, still upright..the conductor walked back to lead unit and climbed up on the engineers door where he was able to pry the door open with his body and help the engineer out onto the ground. The train service crew then walked back up the west side of the track for approximately 200 yards to where they could cross over through the cars on the main to the east side of the track where emergency personnel were waiting. Separate ambulances took both engineer and conductor to local Dumas hospital for treatment. The engineer received treatment and was released while the conductor was moved onto Amarillo Northwestern hospital for further treatment and observation.

Special thanks to youtuber “bonovoxu23″ for most of the details here.

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