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This was discussed at http://www.powerlineman.com/pictures/2003/january/sand/sand.htm last month …with a couple of related links.

Bill A — your blowup looks great. If it’s a forgery, it's a good one.

About the nowhere transformer...they are used to power small battery chargers for rail signaling. One pair of spans on those crossarm is a 60Hz circuit—not absolutely sure of the voltage, but it’s probably less than 2.4kV.

BJ,

The last picture was sent with the first two (not my Blowup).
I hesitated to post it at first because I thought that a close-up was not necessary and that it might offend some.

More proof of extraterrestrial hijinks.

Those guys can be such pranksters.

The physics of several thousand tons moving at speed can make some pretty wonky things happen. My personal opinion is that the deer did not get hit by the front of the train, more likely panicked and ran into the side of the train, or tried to jump over a flat car or something and got clipped with enough force to send it spinning, sans hind legs into the wires. Just barely visible in the pictures on the side of the deer that "is on top" looks like it is mangled. The fur looks like it is having a "bad fur day". I have heard that severe trauma can result in almost no blood being scattered. Is that true resqcap?

I also don't see any signs in the pictures of "modification", usually you can tell if the pictures have been fiddled with.

So personal opinion, is that the deer did indeed get whacked by a train.

I am not familiar with Canadian signal control practice, but the lines and poles have that "railroad" look.

As for the deer roast, I would bet a tv dinner or two on there being enough internal damage that it wasn't worth the bother. Even the vultures probably needed ketchup to get through that one.

Trainwire

edited my gramma

[This message has been edited by Trainwire (edited 02-22-2003).]

I think its a Kangaroo. look at how short the legs are. Ears a bit big for a dear, and very close together. Either way that is one high jumpin roo. OK nevermind. The tail is kinda short and fluffy... I dont know... thats a funny lookin deer.

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anyone for deer steaks? get'em while there hot.

Was the deer in season? Where's the tag? Will the RR be cited for poaching?

Maybe the deer fell asleep last winter.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/poledeer.asp

The above website is a list of possible urban legends. It looks like this is true, except for the baltimore part. I guess could only happen in canada.

Guys,
Here is my theory.
I reckon that, that deer was being airlifted(by helicopter, along with a few others)
and mid-flight, that one fell off of the lift-hook.
This may also explain why the hind hooves(hoofs?) are missing, as this normally done by hunters.
The deer, would have been attached to the lift-hook by a hole cut between the bone and the Hamstring tendon in each hind leg, to form a "eye", through which fits, the lift-hook off the chopper.
We have deer fall off choppers quite regularly over here(my mate had his car roof caved in by one) .
I bet the c/services rep at the PoCo, got a shock and a half, when they saw the photos!.

[This message has been edited by Trumpy (edited 04-11-2003).]