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This issue of passanger safety has haunted me ever since I experienced the incident back on September 10, 2001. (It has nothing to do with (9/11.) <br />I was seated on a bench on the platform of MARC's station near BWI airport when I saw an ACELA train round the bend and aproach the station at high speed from the north. It passed through the station on the track next to the platform at a speed that made it impossible for me to track it with my vision...it was virtually a blur! Exciting? You bet! Safe? Well, I'm glad I wasn't standing next to that white line a couple feet back from the edge. <br />It was a "stealth" train. It was silent in its approach, there was no horn sounded and the station didn't "chime" some pleasant announcement to "please step back." If I hadn't looked up just at the time I did to see its approach I would have been completely surprised at its sudden and potentially catistrophic appearance! <br />I'm not a regular rider of MARC and I wonder if my experience is typical. If it is, WOW!!!
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