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A couple years ago, up here on the BNSF Hinckley Sub in Minnesota a snowmobiler cut in front of a train and got killed. I believe it was the father of the kid who got killed who "made it across" but the son didn't. Trains on that line average 25 MPH (I know because I listen to that channel a lot and the talking hot box detector says so). A reporter from one of the local TV stations in the Twin Cities was "all over the story". He made the statement during his live, on-the-scene broadcast that trains were passing by while he was there that night every 10 minutes, that six southbound trains had already passed his location, trying to impress the audience that the line was extremely busy and dangerous. He failed to understand, or just ignored the fact that trains had been held in Superior and points north of Bethel (I think that's where the tragedy occurred if I remember right) while the scene was secured and all the statements were taken, paperwork started, the crew was interviewed and a replacement crew sent-out, the carnage cleared away, etc., etc. The reporting was slanted against the BNSF; it was obvious. He failed to mention that there had to have been a severe degree of brain disfunction for a parent to cut in front of a moving train so close that his son who was "right behind him" couldn't make it. This when a six-axle locomotive with all lights functional was there and they attempted this while not being at a grade- crossing. They didn't say that nor anything about the crew who are living with that memory right now.
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