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Blocked by train for 4 hours

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Posted by Firelock76 on Saturday, November 18, 2017 1:51 PM

Well, it's not the first time something like this has happened.  I remember back in the 80's when the Susquehanna began running again over long disused (but recently relaid) trackage in northern New Jersey.  There were some derailments blocking one-road exits of some housing developments but luckily aside from the hassle of being trapped (which I'm not unsympathetic to, by any means) no-one suffered any ill-effects.

A dead-end road across the tracks?  If it's a hunting area it is in the boonies, after all.

"Need to pee?"  C'mon, he's a man.  The whole world is his bathroom!

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Blocked by train for 4 hours
Posted by zardoz on Saturday, November 18, 2017 1:30 PM

WAUKESHA COUNTY — It was a lousy evening for one hunter in Waukesha County. Dan Nowak says he was stranded on the road for roughly three-and-a-half hours Friday, November 17th because of a train stopped in its tracks.

http://fox6now.com/2017/11/17/hunter-blocked-by-train-for-hours-on-dead-end-in-waukesha-county/

It looks like the location is on the CN, in the middle of the siding at Midway (42.923°N x -88.271°W).

What a great idea: build a dead-end road across the tracks of known location of train meets.

Gee, four hours...can anyone say "Need to Pee"?

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