Posted on 08/15/2006 9:08:56 AM PDT by Kurt_Hectic
Service on Norway's northern train line (Nordlandsbanen) wasn't expected to resume until Wednesday afternoon at the earliest, after a train collided with a moose and derailed.
The train, designed to carry loads of iron ore, derailed after it hit the moose on the tracks Monday evening.
"It must have been a monster moose," said Harry Korslund of the agency in charge of the rails, Jernbaneverket.
"It all depends, of couse, on how the train hit the moose, but in this case it was enough that it derailed."
The accident occurred between Dunderland and Mo i Rana. Passengers were being transported from Mo i Rana to Dunderland by bus in both directions.
Some trains from Mosjøen to Bodø were being replaced with busses along the entire route.
Railroad officials faced a major job clearing the rails and getting the trains back on track. Korslund said regular service wouldn't resume until Wednesday afternoon or evening.
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Everyone: call your sister right now and see if she's okay!
Norway moose ping.
}:-)4
Here we go!
If that's the size of their mooses, I'd hate to see the size of their rats.
This happens to cheese trains all the time in that part of the world. It's a fairly series problem.
The Alaska Railroad kills a hundred moose a winter but, with the snow blade on the front of the lead engine, clears the track at the same time.
Yes, I can see that happening.......
moose abuse
A moose once bit my sister.
I love drunk moose threads. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1527961/posts
Moose tastes good.
I've had moose steak. Yum!
Mønti Pythøn lk den Hølie Grailen
Røtern nik Akten Di
Wik
Alsø wik
Alsø alsø wik
Wi nøt trei a høliday in Sweden this yer?
See the løveli lakes
The wonderful telephøne system
And mani interesting furry animals
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The Characters and incidents portrayed and the names used
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or history of any person is entirely accidental and
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Including the majestic møøse
A Møøse once bit my sister ...
No realli! She was Karving her initials on the møøse
with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given
her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and
star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo
Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst
Nordfink".
We apologise for the fault in the
subtitles. Those responsible have been
sacked.
Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretty nasti...
We apologise again for the fault in the subtitles. Those
responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked
have been sacked.
Møøse trained by TUTTE HERMSGERVORDENBROTBORDA
Special Møøse Effects OLAF PROT
Møøse Costumes SIGGI CHURCHILL
Møøse Choreographed by HORST PROT III
Miss Taylor's Møøses by HENGST DOUGLAS-HOME
Møøse trained to mix
concrete and sign com-
plicated insurance
forms by JURGEN WIGG
Møøses' noses wiped by BJORN IRKESTOM-SLATER WALKER
Large møøse on the left
half side of the screen
in the third scene from
the end, given a thorough
grounding in Latin,
French and "O" Level
Geography by BO BENN
Suggestive poses for the
Møøse suggested by VIC ROTTER
Antler-care by LIV THATCHER
The directors of the firm hired to
continue the credits after the other
people had been sacked, wish it to
be known that they have just been
sacked.
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great expense and at the last
minute.
Executive Producer
JOHN GOLDSTONE & "RALPH" The Wonder Llama
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Doune Admissions Ltd, Keir and Cowdor Estates, Stirling
University, and the people of Doune for their help in the
making of this film.
The Characters and incidents portrayed and the names used
are fictitious and any similarity to the names, characters,
or history of any person is entirely accidental and
unintentional.
Signed RICHARD M. NIXON
JOHN GOLDSTONE & "RALPH" The Wonder Llama
EARL J. LLAMA
MIKE Q. LLAMA III
SY LLAMA
MERLE Z. LLAMA IX
Directed By
40 SPECIALLY TRAINED
ECUADORIAN MOUNTAIN LLAMAS
6 VENEZUELAN RED LLAMAS
142 MEXICAN WHOOPING LLAMAS
14 NORTH CHILEAN GUANACOS
(CLOSELY RELATED TO THE LLAMA)
REG LLAMA OF BRIXTON
76000 BATTERY LLAMAS
FROM "LLAMA-FRESH" FARMS NEARE PARAGUAY
and
TERRY GILLIAM AND TERRY JONES
"History shows again and again, how nature points out the folley of man... MOOSEZILLA!"
And we cant forget those awesome power chords, either: BOM BA BA BA BAAAAAAAAA! (Repogirl air-guitaring at keyboard)
(Music:) "They did the moose - they did the monster-moose..."
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