"Do not hump under any circumstance"

[RetroLounge]

Discuss...



RL

[aeolian]

1. Pity that's written on such a sexy boxcar...

...I was gettin' all ready to...never mind...

[RetroLounge]

24. "Sexy Boxcar"

So I'm not the only one who thinks of boxcars as sexy?

:hi:

RL

[Mutley]

2. I bet someone is inside humping right now

[Kingshakabobo]

26. ewwwwww hobo sex. n/t

[RetroLounge]

27. Hobos need loving too (tm)

RL

[Maestro]

3. No

[two gun sid]

4. Isn't that the slogan...

for the Bush abstinence program?

[RevCheesehead]

5. I'd say that Boston ain't what it's cracked up to be.

one week to Milwaukee! :woohoo:

[RetroLounge]

6. Milwaukee Meetup will be historical!

or at least Hysterical!

:hi:

RL

[RevCheesehead]

10. you got that right - on BOTH accounts!

:evilgrin: In Milwaukee, humping is not only allowed, but encouraged.

[RetroLounge]

15. It part of our "heritage"

Drinking and Humping Season opens in Wisconsin next weekend!

RL

[RevCheesehead]

17. But no humping of feral or domestic cats.

We DO have our standards!

[RetroLounge]

19. As loose as they are, yes, we have them...

Standards...

RL

[Boo Boo]

7. Just in case anybody doesn't know

about humping boxcars...

It refers to the process of rolling cars down a sidetrack (usually on a slight grade) in order to build a train. You roll a car down the track toward a train of other cars, and bang! It slams into the rear-most car.

If there's something breakable, or blow-up-able in the car, nitroglycerin for instance, you might not want to "hump" that car.

[amber dog democrat]

8. Beyond that it does not damage the car, does it?

I always wondered about that. We are not worried about pins not dropping or knuckles breaking when this happens?
I had no idea it may have more to do with the freight.

Thanks.


Good target ! Lined up !

[Boo Boo]

11. Not really sure about that. You gotta figure

it causes some wear and tear, but how much more than normal I have no idea. Maybe some companies are forbidding the practice regardless. Beats me.

I worked for a company many moons ago that imported marble from Italy. It came as 3/4 in. slabs, on container ships, and then the containers were transferred to rail cars. Humping those cars was a real big no-no. Even so, it wasn't uncommon to receive a shattered load of marble slabs.

[amber dog democrat]

21. It may have something to do with the condition of the equipment too

That boxcar seems to have the end cut off right before the coupler.
I have seen DO NOT HUMP on worn equipment too.

Humping is kind of a high energy event.

I am reminded of part of a song


..." he tried to cross the coupling joints of a freight that blocked the yard. They switched a reefer off the main and humped it into Boomer's train. He fell and died beneath the iron wheels, so cold and hard.." Utah Phillips.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

9. I wonder ..............

......... how this relates to the time-honored tradition of "pulling a train"?

Hey, just wondering.................

[RedCloud]

12. or that other phrase...

"All aboard"

[Boo Boo]

14. Not really sure about that, either. Ya gotta figure it

causes some wear and tear...

Never mind:silly:

[RetroLounge]

18. You are correct!

Here's a pic of a tank car going over the hump. The items in the tracks are called Retarders and compress the wheels to control the speed of the car.



RL

[sundog]

13. why not?

people have no imagination :P

where there's a will there's a way :freak:

[RetroLounge]

20. Humping Freak!

:freak:

RL

[sundog]

22. thank you

I have to be known for something :7

[RetroLounge]

23. I hereby Declare Humping and Sundog

to be Synonymous...

So it is written...

RL

[Tsiyu]

16. Must be fundie code messages

That's what I'm thinkin'

[RetroLounge]

25. Kick

:Kick:

RL