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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by captainclack AS A KID (aged 17) it's really embarrassing to see, well, other kids doing what they do around trains. I have nothing but respect for the railroad and its property and it just burns me up to see anyone screwing with trains like they do - walking in the four-foot, throwing stones at the cars, dodging trains at crossings, and all that. Not only are they endangering themselves, but sometimes the lives of railroad workers and people near the tracks as well. And through all of that, it reflects poorly on us railfans - especially us KID railfans. (A lot of people do understandably have a problem with a 17-year-old near the tracks, even if I'm just there to railfan and try to be as safe as possible.) If they don't kill or hurt themselves or others, at the very least it makes people wary of even safe railfans such as ourselves. (Oh, and, yes, I have seen the aforementioned video. I'm genuinely surprised a similar accident has never happened in my town, that I know of.) So, from a KID to all the other kids out there - DON'T SCREW WITH TRAINS. PERIOD. [/quote] I couldn't agree with you more! I'm about your age and think it's totally ridiculous what many people our age will do. Speaking of the lack of respect many young people have for railroads, how about this? Sometime in the 90's a teenage boy in England set up some cement blocks on a railway track one night with the intent to derail a train so he could impress some girls that were with him. A passenger train derailed and several people were killed and he was sent to prison. I'm sure the girls were very impressed. I myself have seen the video everyone's talking about on the FOX program with the final frame paused before the woman actually gets hit. I'm glad I didn't see the rest. If seeing that doesn't make people want to stop, look and listen, I don't know what will. I mentioned these two incidents on another thread, but they're good examples of other people's ignorance at railroad crossings. There was young guy who lived in a town in my area. For fun he would stand out in the middle of the track in front of a moving train and happily wave at the crew on board and then jump out of the way at the very last second. One night he had been drinking and tried doing this again for the last time. I also heard about an incident where a pedestrian was so impatient while waiting for a train that he actually tried to crawl under a moving train to get to the other side! I don't need to say the outcome. When will people ever learn?
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