Cool scene!
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I don't understand. It's not like you don't know where a train will be in a couple of minutes when you first hear it. Sounds like thinning the herd to me.
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Great scene, but the term "mowed down" is very distasteful. It's quite an unfortunate experience for the crews of trains to strike pedestrians and trespassers.
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Surely its time for the railroads in the USA to start fencing in dangerous stretches. Its not rocket science.
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Nice shot. But what I can not understand, is how people don't realize a train is not like a car. It just can't simply swerve out of the way to avoid hitting you. Also It is not like the train purposefully jumps off the tracks to hit someone. I am tired of reading about how it is the trains fault. The media has to wake up and start putting the blame on where it belongs, and that is the people the train hits. Yes I also feel very sorry for the crews of these trains, cause they have to live with that for the rest of their lives.
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Nice catch, and colors.
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| Posted by tsched on December 12, 2009 | |
Or maybe it's time for citizens to take more responsibility. It is not the responsibility of railroads to fence off their property, just like it is not the responsibility of the Federal government to fence off every Interstate Highway.
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I'm in complete agreement about the "mowed down" comment. As the BLE&T representative for a lot of the engineers working on the UP Portland Service Unit, rest assured that we don't look upon our duties as running a mower in any respect of the analogy. The entire Brooklyn Subdivision has its inherent hazards in dealing with pedestrians. The pretty pictures we get to see on RPN are hardly an accurate representation of real-life railroading.
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Too bad it is so nerve racking for the crew. What is the speed limit on that stretch? Pedestrians should be aware.
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