Woman falls from CN bridge - dies

[Modelcar]

....What a tragic loss......How can anyone minimize the chance of something like this from happening.  If it has free access, especially at night, people out getting a bit too happy are going to try almost anything.  Sometimes with these terrible results.

[Anonymous]

In case anyone's interested, there's usually only one train each way per day over that bridge as I was last informed.  The daily New Brighton - Stevens Point job.  The eastbound job used to depart New Brighton anywhere between 11 AM & 1 PM, but lately I've seen it whistling through White Bear about 4:45 PM.

[selector]

Woman in a party of trespassers falls off bridge.  In anger and dismay, fellow trespasser finds a way to dislodge a plank, throws it in the river so that it cannot be retrieved, winks at loved ones and assures them it'll all be looked after.

This may be a cynical approach to the subject, but it really wouldn't surprise me.

[Ulrich]

I'm sure that's already been done...but looking at the bigger picture...if a plank is missing then what else may be missing...maybe something that could affect the safe movement of a train across the bridge?

[Tharmeni]

a missing plank?   Oh, oh, call the attorneys!

[Anonymous]

http://wcco.com/local/woman.falls.bridge.2.791935.html

The last sentence is obviously a mis-print ("the bride is owned...").  This is the former Soo Line's bridge, closer to Somerset, WI than Stillwater.