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People and Trains

Thu Jul 9, 2009, 12:33 PM

What is it with people and trains? Today I saw someone walking down the tracks behind a train that was stopped and thought nothing of it other than he shouldn't be there. So I get back into town a few minutes later and the train that was stopped comes by and wouldn't you know it, they had an extra passenger. That idiot was hanging on to the last car of the train and with the MOW work going on there was plenty of people to see this person. So they had to have the train stop to yell at him if he was still hanging on or to let the crew know it was safe to proceed. I only wish I would have gotten a picture of that.

Also I just come across another case of a car vs train here at this [link] Its so sad that people are in such a hurry that they are willing to risk there lives to beat a train especially when its a short train. This train was the Wolverine 353 out of Detroit and headed to Chicago. So in a way it hits close to home since that train comes through my neck of the woods on a daily basis. I just know that eventually I'm going to be a witness to a train vs car event and just the thought of that makes me squirm.

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*shenanigan87 Jul 9, 2009, 12:43:44 PM

Some people even make a sport of hanging onto trains...

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~THE-PIT-MONSTER Jul 9, 2009, 12:50:04 PM

And some of those people who live go on and sue the railroad strangely enough.

I think if they were fooling around on the tracks they shouldn't have a lawsuit against anybody.

When a pedestrian gets hit on the interstate it's not the motorist's fault because pedestrians on the interstate is illegal. It should be the same way for people walking on the tracks or fooling around with the railroad.

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*paploothelearned Jul 9, 2009, 12:56:38 PM

These people ruin it for the safe and sane railfans who want to stand 15 feet from the tracks and quietly take pictures.

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~foxofinfinety Jul 9, 2009, 12:57:45 PM

it's those people that I had something to do at a station recently....

as a volunteer for a steam-weekend (Netherlands)
I had to make sure every one stayed behind the white line,
and that was not always easy<-_->

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~labrat-78 Jul 9, 2009, 1:16:51 PM

You got to remember that when it comes to trains, well, they just have this thing about attracting

REALLY STUPID PEOPLE.

Its inherent in this business, I just try not to let it get to me but
damn
it is hard sometimes.

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=hunter1828 Jul 9, 2009, 1:26:04 PM

Just the other day, a tourist train that operates out of my hometown in Tennessee hit a pick-up truck driven by an elderly man. I'm thinking he didn't hear it blowing for the crossing.

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~jdawg9806 Jul 9, 2009, 1:47:15 PM

And then there was that kid in Chesterton we saw climbing the train with his bike this morning.

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*a-man-called-larry Jul 9, 2009, 1:51:18 PM

I completely forgot about that. What a day today in regards to People and Trains.

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*LDLAWRENCE Jul 9, 2009, 5:35:26 PM

We had a drunk derail a NS train last year. He was walking down the center of the tracks, and when the engineer saw him he threw the train into emergency. He stopped in time, but another train behind him didn't The end resualt was about 15 autoracks on the ground. The guy faced a bunch of charges, but failed to show up in court.
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