You know they’re in a train and not a car right?
Comment on Train Surrounded by Flames in Armstrong, Ontario
nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Standing still to record the flames around you, either you are way too addicted to social media dopamine rushes or you know you are not going to make it.
someguy3@lemmy.world 5 days ago
RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 5 days ago
Counterpoint: Traincars.
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
Yeah that other train passed and did not give a fuck. I have a feeling that those levels of trains are more fire resistant than in movies. Still get out of there asap, but flames still take a while to heat giant metal industrial vehicles up.
4am@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
That other train that passed had a clear track, and they were waiting their turn on a side rail to use the track the other train was coming the opposite way on. Many many places only have one set of rails, there ain’t two-way traffic everywhere. You probably don’t want two million-ton vehicles to smash into each other in the middle of a wildfire.
YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
You have heard of side lines to let other trains pass, right?
4am@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
Excuse me they’re called “sidings” 🤓
YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
Yep! I typed that in a hurry, and my brain and fingers were completely connected. Oops!
lettruthout@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Or they had to wait until the other train passed.