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Article #673Re: Photo of grade-crossing accident
From: Stupendous Man
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 19:39
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 19:39
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packer@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer) writes: > >A photo in the NY TImes on Monday shows a car overturned in a >railroad grade crossing collision. The entire exhaust pipe >has landed separately and is standing straight up at an exact 90 >degree angle, (relative to the camera position) the front end >driven into the dirt, the muffler in the air. This seems >implausible. F=ma Calculate the mass of the train, multiply it by how fast it was going, then see what you'd look like after standing in front of it. :) Brett _______________________________________________________________________________ Proconsul Computer Consulting CHA-CHING! Better, Cheaper, Faster (Pick any two :) Disclaimer: NOT!
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!malgudi.oar.net!uoft02.utoledo.edu!desire.wright.edu!demon Newsgroups: misc.headlines,rec.autos,rec.railroad Subject: Re: Photo of grade-crossing accident Message-ID: <1992Aug25.143939.3737@desire.wright.edu> From: demon@desire.wright.edu (Stupendous Man) Date: 25 Aug 92 14:39:39 EST References: <24AUG199221471497@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov> <adams.714755631@spssig> Organization: Demonic Possesions, Inc. Lines: 19