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To: skeptoid
where the tracks are too close together for the two trains to pass freely.

Just damn.

Proper prior planning prevents pi$$-poor performance.

3 posted on 11/29/2005 11:37:21 PM PST by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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To: clee1
It turns out that's exactly what happened here. As I scrolled thru the PI, I came across another article that explains how a 'pinch point' was installed in '89 and it's been an accident waiting to happen ever since.

More photos and a vid at this article.

4 posted on 11/29/2005 11:48:50 PM PST by skeptoid
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Someone probably figured, oh heck, a quarter inch, half inch, what difference does it make?


8 posted on 11/30/2005 8:17:23 AM PST by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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