This will be so short I don't want to get it lost in another thread.
Rochelle - are there any statistics on any accidents or injuries involving the many people that go to train park? I saw no real barriers and some of those trains go thru there pretty fast.
Anyone know?
Thanx
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Here are some September 29, 2010 photos of the place to try to answer Mookie’s inquiry.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- K.P.’s absolute “theorem” from early, early childhood that he has seen over and over and over again: Those that CAUSE a problem in the first place will act the most violently if questioned or exposed.
I would opine that any incident involving a patron of the park and a train, and which resulted in injury, would result in either a really high fence, or the flat-out closing of the park.
With that as a guide, I'd have to suggest that there have been no such problems, so far.
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Tree: That is excellent. And so are the pictures from KP. Thanx to both of you.
I'm with Larry: if a train were involved in any incidents at the park, it would have been mentioned somewhere in the railfan fora (I've seen nothing), and--if it weren't closed outright--measures would be taken to drastically curtail activity there. Just be smart and careful out there, so things stay as they are. (It's conceivable that Fostoria-style fencing might have to be installed otherwise.)If there were other accidents that did not involve trains (such as stumbling, slipping, falling off the walls, falling off that "strap-rail track", getting burned by the fire pit, etc.), they probably wouldn't be a matter of record unless they were severe enough to warrant changes.
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)
CShaveRR(It's conceivable that Fostoria-style fencing might have to be installed otherwise.)
It doesn't seem to harm the atmosphere at Fostoria - probably wouldn't be a bad idea at Rochelle, regardless.
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