Reply to "Fast freights or slow freight"

TM TerryOGR Forum Member

JeffPo posted:
TM Terry posted:
I saw, heard, and/or felt the most trains my freshman year at NC State in Raleigh.
Go Wolfpack!!!
When I came along to NC State, in the early 1980s, it was Southern freight making its way through the middle of campus. I was in Sullivan dorm, which are where these images were taken.

Sullivan dorm reminds me of one I my favorite college stories about top floor of Sullivan, the power lines north of the dorm, two roommates, and a long chain of beer pop tops. I lived in Bragaw dorm and the blast and flash of light were impressive. No one was badly hurt, but the blast threw the guy on the ground against the fence, knocked his roommate out in his top floor room, and straightened and blackened every one of those beer top loops. A person watching on the ground as the guy stretched the chain away from the dorm yelled, “Look out for the power lines.” The guy stretching the chain replied with now famous last words, “Don’t worry. They’re insulated.”

11/12/1910:05 PM

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