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I'll add my close call story. Evanston IL had 5 tracks on an embankment, 2 for the El and 3 for the C&NW. I was in 7th grade walking home from school on the tracks when a '400' came down the express track. He blew the horn and we got out of the way. But he stayed on the horn, we thought he was being a jerk. A 90 mph passenger train blowing the horn is so loud you can't hear anything else. As the engine passed our eyes followed and S**T!! An El train was already so close we could see the motorman's eyes bugging out and we were standing on his track. No time to think, we instinctively dove off the embankment. Somehow I wound up with my face inches from the rail. The motorman slammed on the brakes and the wheels were locked up. Every wheel that passed showered me with hot sparks like they were 700 pound grinding wheels. The overhang of the train was above me and I didn't dare move so I got showered by the whole train. <br /> <br />That guy never walked home with me after that. I wonder now if this flatted spotted the wheels and cost the El a lot of money to true
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