QUOTE: Originally posted by Limitedclear An old friend used to refer to it as "Keeping the population of the Caribou down..." Sometimes I think, especially with suicides which make up a substantial percentage of railroad trespasser fatalities (the next largest group being substance abusers), would be an analogy to Lemmings... LC
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Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
There is no such thing as a bad day of railfanning. So many trains, so little time.
QUOTE: Originally posted by ironhorseman QUOTE: If someone is so stupid to go around gates, or ignore flashing lights, or walk on railroad tracks, then they alone should be responsible for the results. True, they alone should be responsible, but it doesn't always end that way. In addition to getting themselves killed they end up killing someone else in the process. Easiest example is drunk driving: the drunk driver may end up being killed or seriously injured, but how many times have we heard about other people on the streets and highways killed because someone drove drunk? In regards to railroading: going through some old magazines the caption for a newly repainted engine states it hit a dump truck in Nov. 2000. The truck driver and a railroad manager, an innocent victim, riding in the locomotive cab, were both killed (TRAINS Aug. 2001pg 26). Because of the truck driver's irresponsible actions an innocent person was killed. That "missouri," aka "mike," aka "mikepapula," aka "mr. pines?" aka who-knows-what-else?" is a wacko. Just like those anti-suv people. He hates all aspects of railroading with a purple passion and we've all seen this. I can imagine him banging the keyboard and foaming at the mouth over all this. This is his only outlet. The newspapers don't print his letters to the editor he sends in probably 7 times a week. Here he gets instant publication and recognition. What he's doing is nothing new. When railroads were first invented they were hated for, guess what, being dangerous even way back then. So don't be too shocked or upset. "If you think you found something new, then you don't know your history." -Harry S. Truman, 33rd US President. This country was built on the railroads. Everything you have was moved across the country on a railroad. Your car, your computer, your clothes, even the food you eat. "missouri likes to overdo it. You can reason with him as much as you can with a brick wall. It's like listening to a broken record, the second verse is same as the first. Does anybody actually read word-for-word his entire posts? All I've got left to say is that "missouri" can pack the most words into the least ideas of anyone I know. What a way to spend a Friday night.
QUOTE: If someone is so stupid to go around gates, or ignore flashing lights, or walk on railroad tracks, then they alone should be responsible for the results.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith The Giant Floating Head of the Great God Zardoz has spoken!... You said it brother. Its too bad you dont know where these train haters live. You could set that giant stone idol right down on top of them and end their misery. Yeah , I read that novel also.
QUOTE: Originally posted by wabash1 Zardoz 1 I myself have killed 1 mangled 3 and not any of these was my fault or the railroad fault and like you I am getting tired of the whining . The fact is these people knew what they was doing. but they neglect to think of who they will invole in the accident. Like a drunk who hits and kills some one the response is I didnt mean to hurt someone. again never thinking ahead. This is one reason we have rail view camera on our engines so in court the railroad can show what happened and watch the prosecuters jaws drop when thier case is blown out of the water. and case is dismissed. the camera is hooked into the event recorder and has a recorder of its own. showing speed the bell, horn , throttle and anything else and has a mic on board to capture the horn sound . the only thing it wont do is take the memory from the crew . The fact remains if you want to you can sue the estate and maybe we as railroaders should to maybe get people to start thinking of their actions before involving inocent people.
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