Local paper has an article about a train/car collison. http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/crime/2015/04/09/man-charged-dui-colliding-train/25518811/ The driver said "the train appeared out of nowhere". Uh-huh. Sure. 1 a.m. Car moving 40 m.p.h. Train moving 5 m.p.h. Story says he hit a 'boxcar'. That stretch of street has a very good view of trains and tracks, and it has some big, flashing red crossing lights. Did I mention the driver had a .12 blood-alcohol level?
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This sounds very similar to an incident that occured in my town a few years back. The local was shoving some boxcars across a 40 mph road at low speed late at night. No lights however, so the brakeman was using a flare to flag down any traffic. Guy came along and slammed into one of the cars. Unfortunately he didn't survive. I don't recall if he was intoxicated.
Murphy Siding Local paper has an article about a train/car collison. http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/crime/2015/04/09/man-charged-dui-colliding-train/25518811/ The driver said "the train appeared out of nowhere". Uh-huh. Sure. 1 a.m. Car moving 40 m.p.h. Train moving 5 m.p.h. Story says he hit a 'boxcar'. That stretch of street has a very good view of trains and tracks, and it has some big, flashing red crossing lights. Did I mention the driver had a .12 blood-alcohol level?
Just reading the 'Headline' youjust knew that "Wobblin' Water" was going to play a role in the automobile operators immediate past ! Sheesh!
That is not very good . Some "news head" would ask , why didn't the train swerve out of the way of the car ? That question appeared on this thread by a newsie trying to tell the story. Whew
Y6bs evergreen in my mind
Heh. Murph, your subject quote makes me think of my first ride on "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride" at the happiest place on earth. Apparently I tried to exit the car when the train lights and chugging noises appeared in the tunnel. Mercifully, I was restrained by my alert father. And that was before they enhanced the effect with more than a light on a swinging door.
That would have been many years before I ever saw a 0.12 BA from the inside.
Murphy Siding Did I mention the driver had a .12 blood-alcohol level?
Did I mention the driver had a .12 blood-alcohol level?
Used to know a gal who nicknamed her kid "Lambrusco". Her BAC must have been .12 the night he was conceived.
Norm
Early one morning I was eastbound on Cordelia approaching the Southen Pacific main line in Suisun City California. I saw a dim light moving along the track on my right and stopped. Good thing I did. The light was a flashlight in the hand of a brakeman. He was riding a box car approaching the grade crossing. The cut of cars and loco passed in front of me. The crossing signals and gates did not activate.
I tried to sell my two cents worth, but no one would give me a plug nickel for it.
I don't have a leg to stand on.
Norm48327 Used to know a gal who nicknamed her kid "Lambrusco". Her BAC must have been .12 the night he was conceived.
I wonder what percentage of children were conceived with the woman's BAC over the legal limits.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Perhaps the driver who claims 'the train appeared out of nowhere' can tell the judge that the Star Ship Enterprise was cruising the neighborhood and suddenly beamed a boxcar onto the track right in front of him.
Women aren't the only ones who can become parents because they have a high BAC. It takes two to tango.
Tom
Jumped out at him, did it ?
It's said in EMS and fire that if you have a wrecked car at 2:30 AM with no occupants, keep looking....
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The train was supposed to be where it was. The drunken/high idiot on the other hand....
Perspective.
The "came out of nowhere" argument was made re. the CSX train that hit the film crew last year near Jesup GA. I thought it was interesting that the train had been dispatched out of Memphis, TN, well over 600 miles from the accident site. The train's existence was well known to everybody with a need to know (i.e., railroaders and their customers). The idea that a train weighing thousands of tons should materialize out of thin air is pretty preposterous, n'est-ce pas?
ACY The "came out of nowhere" argument was made re. the CSX train that hit the film crew last year near Jesup GA. I thought it was interesting that the train had been dispatched out of Memphis, TN, well over 600 miles from the accident site. The train's existence was well known to everybody with a need to know (i.e., railroaders and their customers). The idea that a train weighing thousands of tons should materialize out of thin air is pretty preposterous, n'est-ce pas? Tom
Johnny
High BAC the night before can lead to waking up next to scary things the morning after. Don't ask me how I know.
SALfan High BAC the night before can lead to waking up next to scary things the morning after. Don't ask me how I know.
Nothing quite like 'beer goggles' after midnight!
Beats the tar out of coming out from under just in time for Saint Pete to tell you to take the down escalator...
Chuck
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