rules is rules

Good news:
It was a normal day in Sharon Springs, Kansas, when a Union Pacific crew boarded a loaded coal train for the long trek to Michigan ..

Bad news:
Just a few miles into the trip a wheel bearing became overheated and melted, letting a metal support drop down and grind on the rail, creating white hot molten metal droppings spewing down to the rail.

Good news:
A very alert crew noticed smoke about halfway back in the train and immediately stopped the train in compliance with the rules


Bad news:
The train stopped with the hot wheel over a wooden bridge with creosote ties and trusses.

The crew tried to explain this to Union Pacific higher-ups but were instructed not to move the train!

They were informed that Rules prohibited moving the train when a part was found to be defective!




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It's as funny today as it was when it happened in 2002, although the part about them being instructed not to move the train is made up.

Still funny though.

I have a feeling in 10 or 20 years there will be nothing new on the Internet, just old stories embellished and retold as new.

Sometimes it is better to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission.