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In article <1992Aug25.172522.7414@sctc.com> boebert@sctc.com (Earl Boebert) writes:
>adams@spss.com (Steve Adams) writes:
>
>>packer@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer) writes:
>
>>>[questioning of bizarre grade crossing accident scene deleted]
>
>>Given the force of a train moving at even a slow speed, nothing that
>>happened as a result of this would surprise me.  I've seen quite a few
>>train/car accidents just after they happened.  And films of car/train
>>accidents show pieces and parts flying everywhere.
>
>>Do you believe ANYTHING?
>
>My father took pictures of grade crossing accidents for a living (he
>was a railroad Special Agent) and believe me, just about anything can
>happen when, as they say in the business, "the race for the crossing
>ended in a tie." Rapid transfers of kinetic energy can be tricky.
>

Note that what Mr. Packer finds strange is the 90 degree angle at
which the tail pipe is sticking out of the ground.  A simple
explanation would be that the photographer chose to stand at that
particular spot, with the tail pipe at that particular angle.  It
would have looked nicer, perhaps, in his eyes.  Note tht that the
actual angle of the tail pipe is probably not 90 degrees.


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