Kutacha m'mawa pa Ogasiti 27, 1891, sitima yonyamula anthu idachoka pa Bostian Bridge kufupi ndi Statesville, North Carolina, United States, ndikutumiza magalimoto asanu ndi awiri njanji kumunsi komanso anthu pafupifupi 23 kuimfa zawo zomvetsa chisoni.
Ngozi yowopsa ya sitima pa Bostian Bridge
Munali pafupifupi 2:30 AM pa Ogasiti 27, 1891, pomwe "Steam Locomotive No. 166 ya sitima No. 9 ya Sitima Yapamtunda ya Richmond ndi Danville (R&D)”Adachoka ku Statesville. Malinga ndi oyang'anira siteshoni, mainjiniya a William West adachedwa ndi mphindi 34 ndipo adachoka ku Statesville mwachangu, kuti ayesetse kuchedwa.
Kupitilira mphindi 5 kuchokera ku Statesville, sitimayo idagwa pa Bostian Bridge, wamtali wamiyendo 60, mwala wachilengedwe ndi mlatho wa njerwa womwe umadutsa Third Creek.
Chifukwa chothamanga kwambiri mozungulira makilomita 55 mpaka 65 pa ola, sitimayo idasokonekera ndikulumpha njanji pa mlatho wamtali wa 60, ndipo galimoto yogona idagunda pansi ma 153 mita pomwe idasiya mlathowo.
Patatha masiku anayi ngoziyo itachitika, ofufuza milandu adazindikira kuti ngoziyi idachitika chifukwa cha anthu osadziwika omwe adachotsa misomali pamayendedwe, omwe mwina anali atanyalanyazidwa. Patadutsa zaka ziwiri, amuna awiri adaweruzidwa kuti adalapa kwa akaidi ena omwe adachita ngoziyo.
Sitima yapamtunda ya Bostian Bridge
Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, anthu ambiri achitira umboni zochitika zapadziko lapansi mkati mwa mlatho. Malinga ndi malipoti, sitimayi yopeka akuti idzawoneka ikubwereza ulendo wake womaliza patsiku lililonse lamasiku ovutawa.
Anthu omwe adadzionera okha kuti amva kulira kwa mawilo akulira, kukuwa kwa okwerawo - omwe anali owopsa ngati gehena ― ndi ngozi yowopsa yomwe imachitika chimodzimodzi monga zidachitikira kale paulendo wawo womaliza. Zinthu zonsezi zimawonekera munthawi yochepa kenako zimangopita pompopompo.
Kupatula izi, mutha kuwona kuti mwamuna wovala yunifolomu atavala wotchi yagolide ataimirira pansi pa mlatho kuti azingoyang'ana pamaso panu. Ambiri amakhulupirira kuti ndi mzukwa wa woyendetsa sitima kapena m'modzi mwa ogwira ntchito omwe akuyendabe m'derali.
Chochitika china chomvetsa chisoni chinachitika tsiku lomwelo, zaka 119 pambuyo pake. Munthu woyenda mosavomerezeka adamenyedwa ndikuphedwa ndi sitima pa Bostian Bridge.
Zotsalira zosautsa
Ofufuza ambiri ochita zamatsenga amati chochitika chachilendo cha "Phantom Sitima ya Bostain Bridge" ndi gawo limodzi lazovuta. Imadziwikanso kuti "The Tape Tape theory" yomwe imanena kuti mizukwa yambiri ndi zonyengerera ndizofanana ndi zojambulidwa pa tepi, ndipo malingaliro am'malingaliro kapena zoopsa zitha kuyerekezedwa ngati mphamvu, "zolembedwa" pamiyala ndi zina zinthu ndi "kubwerezedwanso" munthawi zina.
Ingoganizirani kuti mukuyenda m'chipinda chochezera m'nyumba mwanu ndipo mukujambulidwa pamene mukutero, koma osati ndi kamera ya kanema kapena china chilichonse monga momwe timadziwira. Zonse zikujambulidwa ndi zinthu zomwe zidagwiritsidwa ntchito pomanga nyumba yanu, makoma a chipinda chochezera, mwachitsanzo, adatha kukujambulani momwe mukudutsa ndikubwezeretsanso zithunzizo kapena mawonekedwe pazaka zina 100 kuyambira pano. Mwina zonse zomwe timachita zitha kulembedwa motere!
Mukuganiza chiyani? Kodi "Sitima Ya Phantom Ya Bostian Bridge" ndi nthano chabe kapena yopeka?
