Be Sure to Board the Right Train...

SchemerBob

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July 2005
From: Northeast Missouri
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Posted by SchemerBob on Friday, June 30, 2006 9:25 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR

Back a few years (or decades), Mike Royko had a column describing the adventures of a guy at Melroas Park who decided to climb over a piggyback car to catch his commuter train on the opposite track. He decided to hang on when the pig train picked up speed. Found himself in Clinton, Iowa.

I wonder how he was figuring to do that (if the train hadn't sped up)? Just jump from the piggyback train onto the commuter train platform? That would be kind of funny...

Long live the BNSF .... AND its paint scheme. SchemerBob

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 30, 2006 8:56 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by MP57313

QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR
He decided to hang on when the pig train picked up speed.

I remember that column. As I recall the "accidental traveler" described waving at people stopped at the crossings...

That is amazing. I wonder if anyone tried to call the police or the railroad and report a man hanging onto a boxcar? [?]

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MP57313

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From: L A County, CA, US
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Posted by MP57313 on Thursday, June 29, 2006 12:55 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR
He decided to hang on when the pig train picked up speed.

I remember that column. As I recall the "accidental traveler" described waving at people stopped at the crossings...

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CShaveRR

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From: Lombard (west of Chicago), Illinois
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Posted by CShaveRR on Wednesday, June 28, 2006 4:27 PM

Back a few years (or decades), Mike Royko had a column describing the adventures of a guy at Melroas Park who decided to climb over a piggyback car to catch his commuter train on the opposite track. He decided to hang on when the pig train picked up speed. Found himself in Clinton, Iowa.

Carl

Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)

CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 28, 2006 9:32 AM

Sounds like that guy was not the brightest bulb on the tree.

I had something similar happen to me a few years ago. I was towing a barge from the Gulf Coast to Ketchican Alaska and stopped in LosAngeles to refuel.

Some twit, wearing only a pair of shorts, no shoes, shirt, or jacket, tried to stowaway on the barge. Luckily for him, I caught him and chased him off. Had I not caught him, he would have starved, ,,and frozen to death, before we got to Alaska.

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blhanel

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From: Cedar Rapids, IA
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Posted by blhanel on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 10:37 PM

Obviously frieght, as Mankato doesn't get any passenger service...

Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.

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DrummingTrainfan

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July 2005
From: Omaha-ish, Nebraska
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Posted by DrummingTrainfan on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 9:09 PM

It doesn't say whether he hopped on frieght or passenger trains...

If it was freight then the title should be "Be sure to board the right kind of train".

GIFs from http://www.trainweb.org/mccann/offer.htm -Erik, the displaced CNW, Bears, White Sox, Northern Illnois Huskies, Amtrak and Metra fan.

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upchuck

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Be Sure to Board the Right Train...

Posted by upchuck on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 8:47 PM

This guy didn't...http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1307281/posts

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