{"id":1686,"date":"2011-01-31T11:15:12","date_gmt":"2011-01-31T16:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=1686"},"modified":"2011-01-31T11:15:12","modified_gmt":"2011-01-31T16:15:12","slug":"train-throws-piston-into-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=1686","title":{"rendered":"Train Throws Piston into House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Canadian National locomotive was traveling through Independence, Louisiana when the 4400 hp V16 4 stroke diesel engine threw a piston. The piston ended up traveling through the locomotive, across a yard, through the roof and ended inside the wall of someone&#8217;s home. It is very the piston did not hit anyone. The weight and force of that piston probably would have killed them.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cache-01.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/12\/2011\/01\/blown_piston_05.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"Train engine piston in person's home wall\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/talk.newagtalk.com\/forums\/thread-view.asp?tid=165984&#038;mid=1190655#M1190655\">NewAGTalk<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/jalopnik.com\/5745042\/when-a-train-throws-a-piston-run-for-your-life\">Jalopnik<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Canadian National locomotive was traveling through Independence, Louisiana when the 4400 hp V16 4 stroke diesel engine threw a piston. The piston ended up traveling through the locomotive, across a yard, through the roof and ended inside the wall of someone&#8217;s home. It is very the piston did not hit anyone. The weight and&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=1686\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Train Throws Piston into House<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engines"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":145780,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=145780","url_meta":{"origin":1686,"position":0},"title":"Ron Merlino&#8217;s LS7-Powered Nissan 350Z","author":"swaptastic","date":"March 3, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Ron Merlino from Raiju Racing built his 2004 Nissan 350Z to compete in time attack with help from LOJ Conversions. 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