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How to Respond when you hear of a person hit/killed walking across a RR
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I came around a corner one day to find a family of four having a barbeque on the tracks. I mean they had the hibatchi going, lawn chairs set up, the whole nine yards. The only thing that saved their lives is that the signal system was down at the time and the train was travelling at restricted speed. After making an emergency application we came to a stop not knowing what or who we had hit or missed. When I got down off of the loco to see who was dead or still alive, the father is giving me this weird look and starts yelling at me. What in the f*** is this train doing here, you almost killed us you dumb ****. This guy was screaming like I had swerved through three lanes of traffic to try and kill him. The sad part is their picnic was set up about 10 feet from a no trespassing sign that they had to walk past to get where they were. The good part is after the incident they had four lawn chairs instead of two and three hibatchi's instead of one. <br /> <br />The trespassing signs are good ideas, but it doesn't matter. People are stupid around railroads. And a railroad is something that will kill you for being stupid. Sympathy to the families and friends of the people who get killed, but honestly, what did you expect.
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