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QUOTE: Originally posted by Junctionfan Never mind the silly kids and the stupid parents, what about the poor engine crew that must be going through hell from guilt for killing a kid. They should erect a pedestrian bridge so the idiots don't mentally torture the Metrolink crews.
QUOTE: Originally posted by ericsp Crossing guards are not needed, brains are.
QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken This is not a new problem (this was my turf as a roadmaster years ago)....Kids use the railroad R/W and adjoining parallell utility corridor to get to the San Gabriel River bottoms to "hang out" ....The crossing is between DT Junction (UP ex SP Puente Jcn to LA Harbor line, 605 Freeway goes overhead) and the east lead to Pico Rivera Yard on the 3MT racetrack in a 1 Deg 30 Min curve.. Every time the railway police started citing people, Pico Rivera & Santa Fe Springs would yell foul as loud as possible, mend the chain link fence and new holes were cut through the fence within 24 hours.....(and they bypass the ped x-ing bridges because they take too long)...sorry the woman lost her son, but she is every bit as much to blame for her "stupid son" as others put it. I feel for the MetroLink train crew, the claim agent , the roadmaster and the BNSF-TM at Pico who are catching hell for the dumb act of a pedestrian.....Pico errect a pedestrian bridge at this site? - Not a chance! (they are too busy pocketing the money from the B-2 / Old ford bomber plant and other industry to spend it on safety items., landscaping is more important to them.)[:(!][:(!][:(!]
QUOTE: Originally posted by FThunder11 QUOTE: Originally posted by ericsp Crossing guards are not needed, brains are. I agree 100%
QUOTE: Originally posted by drephpe QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken This is not a new problem (this was my turf as a roadmaster years ago)....Kids use the railroad R/W and adjoining parallell utility corridor to get to the San Gabriel River bottoms to "hang out" ....The crossing is between DT Junction (UP ex SP Puente Jcn to LA Harbor line, 605 Freeway goes overhead) and the east lead to Pico Rivera Yard on the 3MT racetrack in a 1 Deg 30 Min curve.. Every time the railway police started citing people, Pico Rivera & Santa Fe Springs would yell foul as loud as possible, mend the chain link fence and new holes were cut through the fence within 24 hours.....(and they bypass the ped x-ing bridges because they take too long)...sorry the woman lost her son, but she is every bit as much to blame for her "stupid son" as others put it. I feel for the MetroLink train crew, the claim agent , the roadmaster and the BNSF-TM at Pico who are catching hell for the dumb act of a pedestrian.....Pico errect a pedestrian bridge at this site? - Not a chance! (they are too busy pocketing the money from the B-2 / Old ford bomber plant and other industry to spend it on safety items., landscaping is more important to them.)[:(!][:(!][:(!] Chicken speak truth! But landscaping won't help--beautify PicoViejo is an oxymoron. (Used to live in Montebello-that's also an oxymoron). Better to build bridge--provide locals more virgin space for WallWrittttting.[}:)][}:)][}:)]
Have fun with your trains
QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith Overpass? thats a great place for kids to hang out, smoke, intimedate other kids who try to use the overpass, and drop things ONTO the passing trains....not a good solution.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by espeefoamer Many parents were angry that it was suggested that teenagers sometimes play dangerous games on the tracks ...
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