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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by yellowducky Hi, in the early 70's when I was a brakeman on the B&O Chgo. div., I got to see (and feel the jolt!) first hand the damage protruding lumber from a passing boxcar makes on the front of a low nosed jeep (GP unit). Then there was the time 1 or 2 cars derailed in the middle of a passing train, caused by something protruding from a car in the middle of our train. To make a short story long, these and other incedences during my RR days, probably are the reason I stop back at least a couple of car lengths at a grade crossing when waiting for a train to pass. 100ft. is not very much if a RR car jumps the track at speed! [/quote] My first post in this thread tried to get this point across. If two or three 40 foot boxcars derail and you are within 20 you might as well bend over and kiss you know what goodby. I have seen people at a grade crossing inch forward until the hood is at the gate or on some small cars under it. I told this story in Jeff's thread about Stay off the Tracks but we had a lady drive through the gate and into the train. She was talking on her cell phone. The last call she ever made. And to make matters worse her daughter was following her in another car and saw the death of her mother. What can you say? People are in too much a hurry to stop and hear what we try to tell them.
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