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Episode 132: CSX Crazy 8s Runaway

Jun 2, 2023
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
The CSX Crazy Eight's Incident of 2001
01:34 • 5min
3
The Davenport Hotel Is a Brick Over Steel Frame Building
06:05 • 3min
4
Why You Don't Paint Brick
09:17 • 4min
5
The Zankaster's Brick Wall Collapsed
13:13 • 3min
6
The Cost of Fixing a Party Wall
16:26 • 4min
7
How to Save a Building
20:12 • 3min
8
The Dangers of Urban Decay
22:55 • 4min
9
The Los Angeles City Council and the Los Angeles Bus Shelter
26:40 • 2min
10
The Cost of a Bus Shelter
28:46 • 2min
11
The Demographics of La Sombritos
30:45 • 2min
12
The Disadvantages of Taxpayer-Funded Vacations
32:16 • 2min
13
How to Plant a Tree to Provide Shade
34:32 • 2min
14
How to Switch Cars in a Rail Yard
36:56 • 2min
15
The Importance of Speed in Flat Switching
39:11 • 2min
16
The Dangers of Polling
41:34 • 3min
17
The Stanley Yard in Walbridge, Ohio
44:05 • 2min
18
The SD 40 Dash Two
46:01 • 2min
19
The SD 40 Dash Two: The Most Leninist Vehicle
48:21 • 3min
20
The Coast Guard's Locomotive Control Stand
51:24 • 2min
21
How to Use the Dynamic Break on an Old Fashioned Control Stand
53:16 • 3min
22
How to Use Dynamic Breaks to Save Energy
56:03 • 4min
23
CSX SD 40-2, Number 8888
01:00:27 • 5min
24
The CSX 888's Dynamic Break Disables It
01:05:00 • 2min
25
The Conflict Between Maximum Thrasal and Maximum Break
01:07:03 • 3min
26
The Failure of the Portable Derailleur
01:10:28 • 2min
27
How to Derail a Train Remotely
01:12:25 • 2min
28
The Asteroid Gravity Suggestion
01:14:31 • 5min
29
The World's Most Fun and High Stakes Carnival Game
01:19:37 • 2min
30
The Derailment of the Whirlpool Factory
01:21:29 • 2min
31
The Dark Horse and the CSX
01:23:03 • 2min
32
CSX Q636 and 888 Passed the Siding
01:24:33 • 3min
33
The Autonomous Train
01:28:00 • 5min
34
The Unstoppable Train
01:32:41 • 2min
35
The Dangers of a Runaway Train
01:34:48 • 2min
36
The Day I Punched a Pigeon in Zurich
01:36:36 • 2min
37
The Dangers of Working Alone
01:38:17 • 5min
38
How to Escape a Fire
01:42:53 • 4min