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Why do railway tracks have crushed stones alongside them?www.alpharail.co.nz/why-do-railway-tracks-have-crushed-stones-alongside-them/
10 sats \ 4 comments \ @hn 4 Jun 2023 tech
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100 sats \ 2 replies \ @JonnyRico 4 Jun 2023
My friends and I would always hangout at the local train bridge where we’d smoke weed and get drunk, it was cool. One day after Jason, Scott, Seth and myself took shrooms we were on the bridge (walk way) watching a train go by and the friggin train DERAILED right in front of us! Spark flying!, crushing, crunching metal twisting and I can remember the crushed stone turned to powder. I totally get flashbacks thinking about it
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 7 Jun 2023
Holy shit dude that must have been an experience
What train was it? I hope without passengers
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @JonnyRico 24 Jun 2023
It was hauling box cars and oil tanks but thankfully no injuries to people or environment.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @hn OP 4 Jun 2023
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