Amtrak Train Hits Deer

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Tim Crowe

Must of been a big deer or they don't make trains like they used to!

Tim
 

Squidbait

Recovering ALCO-holic
Well, train #111 is an Acela Express, and does over 100 mph (probably 120-130 in the area where the deer was hit). Hitting anything at those speeds is going to do some damage, and a deer hit by a train at over 100 mph is going to go kaboom! It's possible there was damage or obstruction of the locomotives windscreen, or damage to the catenary by flying deer bits.
 

Mountain Man

Active Member
Well, train #111 is an Acela Express, and does over 100 mph (probably 120-130 in the area where the deer was hit). Hitting anything at those speeds is going to do some damage, and a deer hit by a train at over 100 mph is going to go kaboom! It's possible there was damage or obstruction of the locomotives windscreen, or damage to the catenary by flying deer bits.

I wonder what kind of yellow warning sign goes with "flying deer pits"? :mrgreen:
 

Hoghead

Member
There are quite a few dead deer along the tracks this time of the year. I hate hitting them because it is an awful sound. Dim the lights and ring the bell usually gets them moving along. But on the Acela there is no time to react before it's too late, it must have been an ugly mess.
 
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