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SebC · 02-12-2010, 12:07 AM

No, I don't have a video.

Today I was waiting for the train at Chinook and was looking for the train from the overpass and saw a hubcap on the train tracks. Being a good conscentious person (and an atheist... huzzah!) I went down and moved it off the tracks and reported it to the police non-emergency line (could've fallen off a car but looked like it could have been intentional). Decided this was better than watching to see what would happen if the train hit it, but now my curiosity is unsatisfied.

So, if the C-train would have run over the hubcap (I think, had a lot of really thin spokes though) centered directly over the rail, would it have been a problem? How much of a problem? Did I help keep the trains on time? On the rails? Or did I just screw up a really cool mangling of a hubcap?

02-12-2010, 12:07 AM	#1
SebC tromboner Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: where the lattes are Exp:	What would happen if a C-train hit a hubcap? No, I don't have a video. Today I was waiting for the train at Chinook and was looking for the train from the overpass and saw a hubcap on the train tracks. Being a good conscentious person (and an atheist... huzzah!) I went down and moved it off the tracks and reported it to the police non-emergency line (could've fallen off a car but looked like it could have been intentional). Decided this was better than watching to see what would happen if the train hit it, but now my curiosity is unsatisfied. So, if the C-train would have run over the hubcap (I think, had a lot of really thin spokes though) centered directly over the rail, would it have been a problem? How much of a problem? Did I help keep the trains on time? On the rails? Or did I just screw up a really cool mangling of a hubcap? __________________ "You can't swing a cat on the internet without hitting a goaltender apologist."