Friday, August 6, 2010

Whoa!



NOVEMBER. DENZEL. TRAINS, MY FAVORITE WAY TO GO. BUT AN UNMANNED TRAIN? A RUNAWAY MISSILE THE SIZE OF THE CHRYSLER BUILDING?

I'M THERE!

1 comment:

  1. A RUNAWAY MISSILE THE SIZE OF THE CHRYSLER BUILDING?

    In terms of length, it could be a lot more than that.

    I've learned from counting, at railroad crossings, that if a freight train has 4 locomotive units pulling, it'll typically have 100 to 115 cars. Averaging around 50 feet per car, you're looking at a mile-long train, maybe 10,000 tons in all (100 tons per car is not out of the question).

    On one hand, a hefty size missile speeding on land. On the other hand, a pipsqueak compared to the tonnage of a cargo ship.

    Possible sequel: "Runaway Ship" (No; wait! They already did that with "Speed II" (So?!!!) :-)

    Probably more info-trivia than you wanted.
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