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I think you have something there, Madame La Mookie. My father used to tell tales about his exploits with the Lackawanna. His advice- "Don't try to jump a train doing more than five miles an hour." He was raised in the 1920's and gleefully told me tales about stealing rides on the backs of trolley cars in Brooklyn- and having classmates killed doing the same thing. <br />Most people (present august company excepted) don't equate trains with people. They can't see the engineer on board anymore, and after an accident they have no idea of what the engineer (or conductor) carries around in their head. People are used to the idea that all trains are Thomas the Tank Engine. They aren't aware that a train is a big animal that will get them- and that the engineer and conductor can moderate, but not stop, the behavior of that animal. <br /> <br />Erik
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