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Hi All, <br />I live in Michigan right on the Holly sub of Grand Trunk Western (CN). I've lived there all my 38 years and basically grew up walking the tracks behind my house. We are way out in the country, and growing up, there were never any No Trespassing signs or Railroad police around. Nobody ever told us that it was dangerous. We thought and acted like the railroad was a regular road. Look both ways, if something is coming get the heck out of the way, fast. We never had an incident, and only once do I recall that the crew had to give an extra toot to warn someone.....and that was an adult. Today, I would never dream of doing the things that I did in my uneducated youth. And my railfanning freinds and myself let everyone know, in no uncertain terms, stay off the right of way. The kids usually listen. It's the adults that have a hard time getting it. We are rather fortunate in that we have a great railfaning spot at the Durand, MI Union Station. It is open to the public and you can stand on the platform as the trains go by. There ia a fence seperating you from the right of way, but you can stand within about 8 feet of millions of tons of CN freight trains roaring by at over 60 MPH. More than once I have used this as an object lesson with friends to get the point across that these big, heavy, thundering machines cannot stop for you so you have to stop for them. So far I have only had one person stay at the fence with me for the entire length of the train. Everyone else has backed off . If that experience doesn't make the point then they are hopeless. <br />
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