Train Hits Tractor

zzvyb6 · Dec 21, 2012

Dozens of people could have been killed. The only way to stop this madness is to ban or heavily tax diesel fuel so the mentally ill won't be able to get their hands on a tractor and threaten the lives of innocents. Only one or two cylinder tractors should be needed and allowed. No Constitutional ammendment is gonna give them killers a free pass. The guverment has gotto do somethin real quick.. The copy-cats are already forming internet forums on how to best do this with tractors never directly intended for farming. OMG. God help us.

Amtrak train from Pontiac and Detroit to Chicago hits tractor in Michigan

Whatswrong · Dec 21, 2012

"Oh crap no" ban trains "Farmers must feed the world"

EMB5530 · Dec 21, 2012

zzvyb6 said:
Dozens of people could have been killed. The only way to stop this madness is to ban or heavily tax diesel fuel so the mentally ill won't be able to get their hands on a tractor and threaten the lives of innocents. Only one or two cylinder tractors should be needed and allowed. No Constitutional ammendment is gonna give them killers a free pass. The guverment has gotto do somethin real quick.. The copy-cats are already forming internet forums on how to best do this with tractors never directly intended for farming. OMG. God help us.

Amtrak train from Pontiac and Detroit to Chicago hits tractor in Michigan

Youz one funny sb:laughing::thumbsup:

ljohnson778 · Dec 21, 2012

zzvyb6 said:
Dozens of people could have been killed. The only way to stop this madness is to ban or heavily tax diesel fuel so the mentally ill won't be able to get their hands on a tractor and threaten the lives of innocents. Only one or two cylinder tractors should be needed and allowed. No Constitutional ammendment is gonna give them killers a free pass. The guverment has gotto do somethin real quick.. The copy-cats are already forming internet forums on how to best do this with tractors never directly intended for farming. OMG. God help us.

Amtrak train from Pontiac and Detroit to Chicago hits tractor in Michigan

+1

Too funny, but amazingly poignant.

mjncad · Dec 22, 2012

No doubt the Amtrak train was late leaving the station; which begs the question...would the collision have occurred if the train was on time for a change?

bcp · Dec 22, 2012

There should be a security guard at every crossing that doesn't have a gate or lights. That would be 1 guard for each 8 hours, plus a relief guard. Four guards for every crossing. We can pay for it by a tax on tractors owned by the rich.

It would end unemployment, too.

Bruce

dex3361 · Dec 22, 2012

There should be "TRACTOR FREE ZONES" within 150 feet of all railroad tracks. :confused2:

zzvyb6 · Dec 22, 2012

Some of them even have bar tires and racks for extra magazines. How can they be allowed to drink and operate them machines? I even found out that some are fully automatic. Congress needs to stop this from happening. Next think we'll hear about is people cutting weed with these unnecessary machines of death and selling it for medical excuse reasons. I though a bushmaster only preyed on older women. Why even my own IRA had a rollover.

When they outlaw tractors, only outlaws will have tractors. They'll have to pry my 1070 out of my cold dead hands. (I need a block heater...)

joemd11 · Dec 22, 2012

Well, at least no one was killed or injured. I had the opportunity to ride Amtrak from Newark NJ to Pittsburgh a few years ago. The ride from Newark to Washington DC was actually pretty nice. However, the train from DC to Pitt was terrible. I don't think that thing ever went faster than about 25-30 mph. I kept thinking that once we got out into the countryside the train would go faster. Never happened. I could have jumped off and taken a smoke break and then jumped back on the last car. Left Newark at about 8 a.m. and arrived in Pitt at midnight. With all the inconveniences of air travel these days, it sure would be nice to have an alternative. Unfortunately, Amtrak is not it.

mfreund · Dec 22, 2012

zzvyb6 said:
Dozens of people could have been killed. The only way to stop this madness is to ban or heavily tax diesel fuel so the mentally ill won't be able to get their hands on a tractor and threaten the lives of innocents. Only one or two cylinder tractors should be needed and allowed. No Constitutional ammendment is gonna give them killers a free pass. The guverment has gotto do somethin real quick.. The copy-cats are already forming internet forums on how to best do this with tractors never directly intended for farming. OMG. God help us.

Amtrak train from Pontiac and Detroit to Chicago hits tractor in Michigan

OMG...LOL>>>you could get elected on that platform......

Don87 · Dec 22, 2012

mfreund said:
OMG...LOL>>>you could get elected on that platform......

Gots my vote...........we gotta do something to reign in these terroristic tractors:thumbsup:

mjncad · Dec 23, 2012

joemd11 said:
Well, at least no one was killed or injured. I had the opportunity to ride Amtrak from Newark NJ to Pittsburgh a few years ago. The ride from Newark to Washington DC was actually pretty nice. However, the train from DC to Pitt was terrible. I don't think that thing ever went faster than about 25-30 mph. I kept thinking that once we got out into the countryside the train would go faster. Never happened. I could have jumped off and taken a smoke break and then jumped back on the last car. Left Newark at about 8 a.m. and arrived in Pitt at midnight. With all the inconveniences of air travel these days, it sure would be nice to have an alternative. Unfortunately, Amtrak is not it.

If it's 600-miles or less, just drive to your destination.

texasjohn · Dec 23, 2012

Engineer likely untreated for mental disorder...attention deficit disorder...or bipolar disorder.

With the first, he wouldn't have been watching properly. With the second, he would have felt invincible.

Or, could have been the tractor driver with the problem.

This is true since 25% of adults annually have a mental illness issue.

k0ua · Dec 23, 2012

It is good to see everyone on this thread with a good sense of humor.. Some of those other threads get a little intense at times...

James K0UA

Ken · Dec 23, 2012

The train should be listed as a Bully since it already has a history of death , maham . causing injurys so can only travel on a pre planned designated track. get off and it is destroyed.
And it sneaks up on its prey because if heard they would not get in its way.
No need to have the Governmet to look into the problem since they operate the same way.
ken

joemd11 · Dec 23, 2012

Sad but true.

mjncad said:
If it's 600-miles or less, just drive to your destination.

zzvyb6 · Dec 23, 2012

The train probably has Azzburners Syndrome. They just have a one-track mind. Lucky it wasn't the 1225 (2-8-4 Berkshire). It now has a bi-Polar Express diagnosis and could probably be elected to congress.

mikehaugen · Dec 23, 2012

that wasn't an "assault" tractor was it? I come across those on the black market every so often.

maybe it was configured in such a way to be only for killing.

zzvyb6 · Dec 23, 2012

mikehaugen said:
that wasn't an "assault" tractor was it? I come across those on the black market every so often.

maybe it was configured in such a way to be only for killing.

The tires were permanently loaded and CNN reports the owner said he "pulled the trigger on it" when he bought it.