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QUOTE: Originally posted by AlcoRS11Nut [:(!][:(!][:(!][:(!] In my town people use the tracks as a dumping ground for their lawn clippings, home improvment trash, and anything else that is trash!!!!![:(!]
QUOTE: Originally posted by zardoz1 On the CNW Metra there is a rule for suburban territory that states that "No more than one train can occupy the limits of a station at one time; any train approaching an occupied station must first stop vefore reaching the station, and then may proceed not exceding restricted speed through the limits of the station". The only time this rule does not apply is when the tracks at the station are physically separated by a fence. This rule pertains to freight trains also. More rules to protect the stupid, so they can breed even more stupidity.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard Starting Sept. 1st, it will be illegal to drive a automobile and talk on a hand held cell phone in Texas. You may use a hands free set up, ie speaker or ear piece and microphone, Stay Frosty, Ed QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie [i]Originally posted by edblysard How could they not know a train was coming?[quote Ed, I too saw that video - and just about bet the thinking was that the gates were down for the engine sitting to the left. Never even considered there might be one coming. Preoccupation - kind of like cell phones and automobiles! Jen Hi all Here in our area about 6 months ago we had a cell phone talker / train crash. A lady was driving one car while her daughter followed her in another car. The mother was talking on a cell phone. She drove through the down crossing gate and into the train. The train did not hit her, SHE HIT THE TRAIN. Whoever she was speaking with heard her last words. She never spoke any others. Imagine the shock her poor daughter felt seeing the death of her mother and not being able to do anything to stop it. Do we really need to speak to someone that bad? I sure don't. Stay safe, and Look, Listen, and Live Don't forget the troops Ed for president Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 17, 2003 4:40 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard Starting Sept. 1st, it will be illegal to drive a automobile and talk on a hand held cell phone in Texas. You may use a hands free set up, ie speaker or ear piece and microphone, Stay Frosty, Ed QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie [i]Originally posted by edblysard How could they not know a train was coming?[quote Ed, I too saw that video - and just about bet the thinking was that the gates were down for the engine sitting to the left. Never even considered there might be one coming. Preoccupation - kind of like cell phones and automobiles! Jen Hi all Here in our area about 6 months ago we had a cell phone talker / train crash. A lady was driving one car while her daughter followed her in another car. The mother was talking on a cell phone. She drove through the down crossing gate and into the train. The train did not hit her, SHE HIT THE TRAIN. Whoever she was speaking with heard her last words. She never spoke any others. Imagine the shock her poor daughter felt seeing the death of her mother and not being able to do anything to stop it. Do we really need to speak to someone that bad? I sure don't. Stay safe, and Look, Listen, and Live Don't forget the troops Ed for president Reply Edit Wdlgln005 Member sinceApril 2002 From: Nashville TN 1,306 posts Posted by Wdlgln005 on Saturday, August 16, 2003 11:46 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR I'll never forget the first time I saw that video, during an Operation Lifesaver presentation made to employees. As soon as it started, I recognized the location... Fairview Avenue, Downers Grove (I've biked past there many times...just yesterday I was there). Having a familiar location like that show up, and suspecting what I was going to see happen, made me really not want to look at the rest of the video, but, of course we saw it, then ran it through again (the first time we hadn't known who the victim would be). Even though the video ended when the corpse hit the cameraman, you could tell she probably never knew what hit her...the white of her dress was turning to red, even in those two seconds or less. The cameraman himself was drenched in her blood, we were told. I, too, had heard the divorce story. I hope these gory details help drive home the original message. As for the timing, I'm not sure, but I'd put it later than the late 60s...BN used those E units on suburban trains well into the 80s (someone correct me or supply a good date for that), and video photography didn't become common until well after the 60s (you could tell by the end of the film that it was video, not a movie). Now, having said all of that, it should be noted that they probably didn't go past a lowered gate, since they may have gotten off the stopped train, and the platform is inside the gates. Still, no excuse for crossing the tracks without looking or listening (or at least recognizing what you're hearing). I'm also familiar with the BN racetrack and some of the stations/ crossings. The racetrack is one of the busiest lines in America. From LaGrange Road west thru Downer's Grove, Naperville to Aurora, The video is a great one to demonstrate EXPECT A TRAIN FROM ANY DIRECTION AT ANY TIME! Many of the gates are the single quadrant type to cover one side of the road & a short arm for the pedestrians on that side of the street. Bells & lights blink & dink away. Passengers should know to stay behind the yellow line & don't cross the tracks. Drivers should stop & wait for the few seconds for a train to pass. Many times I could watch from LaGrange road a similar situation: an E9 will push an inbound train & stop at the station. On the 3rd track, another unit will pull another westbound & stop, accross the track from the 1st one. Then a 3rd express commuter will blast everyone going 50+. This is what the video depicts, with some pedestrians not waiting for all the trains to clear so they can cross the tracks & get to their car. Tough, but it's better to WAIT TO BE SAFE. My mousepad shows a E9A painted in the green BN hockey stick scheme in 1974. Two units are here at the Tennesee Central RR Museum. They have US flags on the front sides, so must have run thru Desert Storm in 1993? One is too rusty to run now. On my way to work, I've seen too many wrecks along this line. This is the part that drives trainmen crazy. Railroads put in lots of loud bells, horns & lights. Most of the road lights are tied into the signals & also turn red and only allow traffic to move on the cross streets. The state added a $500 fine for gatecrashers. Yet, too many drivers & pedestrians are just too stupid to stop & stay safe. Maybe the only solution is to set up white wooden crosses at every location some angel has died. Too morbid? Only because they could have lived another day! Have a good day today! Glenn Woodle Reply Wdlgln005 Member sinceApril 2002 From: Nashville TN 1,306 posts Posted by Wdlgln005 on Saturday, August 16, 2003 11:46 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR I'll never forget the first time I saw that video, during an Operation Lifesaver presentation made to employees. As soon as it started, I recognized the location... Fairview Avenue, Downers Grove (I've biked past there many times...just yesterday I was there). Having a familiar location like that show up, and suspecting what I was going to see happen, made me really not want to look at the rest of the video, but, of course we saw it, then ran it through again (the first time we hadn't known who the victim would be). Even though the video ended when the corpse hit the cameraman, you could tell she probably never knew what hit her...the white of her dress was turning to red, even in those two seconds or less. The cameraman himself was drenched in her blood, we were told. I, too, had heard the divorce story. I hope these gory details help drive home the original message. As for the timing, I'm not sure, but I'd put it later than the late 60s...BN used those E units on suburban trains well into the 80s (someone correct me or supply a good date for that), and video photography didn't become common until well after the 60s (you could tell by the end of the film that it was video, not a movie). Now, having said all of that, it should be noted that they probably didn't go past a lowered gate, since they may have gotten off the stopped train, and the platform is inside the gates. Still, no excuse for crossing the tracks without looking or listening (or at least recognizing what you're hearing). I'm also familiar with the BN racetrack and some of the stations/ crossings. The racetrack is one of the busiest lines in America. From LaGrange Road west thru Downer's Grove, Naperville to Aurora, The video is a great one to demonstrate EXPECT A TRAIN FROM ANY DIRECTION AT ANY TIME! Many of the gates are the single quadrant type to cover one side of the road & a short arm for the pedestrians on that side of the street. Bells & lights blink & dink away. Passengers should know to stay behind the yellow line & don't cross the tracks. Drivers should stop & wait for the few seconds for a train to pass. Many times I could watch from LaGrange road a similar situation: an E9 will push an inbound train & stop at the station. On the 3rd track, another unit will pull another westbound & stop, accross the track from the 1st one. Then a 3rd express commuter will blast everyone going 50+. This is what the video depicts, with some pedestrians not waiting for all the trains to clear so they can cross the tracks & get to their car. Tough, but it's better to WAIT TO BE SAFE. My mousepad shows a E9A painted in the green BN hockey stick scheme in 1974. Two units are here at the Tennesee Central RR Museum. They have US flags on the front sides, so must have run thru Desert Storm in 1993? One is too rusty to run now. On my way to work, I've seen too many wrecks along this line. This is the part that drives trainmen crazy. Railroads put in lots of loud bells, horns & lights. Most of the road lights are tied into the signals & also turn red and only allow traffic to move on the cross streets. The state added a $500 fine for gatecrashers. Yet, too many drivers & pedestrians are just too stupid to stop & stay safe. Maybe the only solution is to set up white wooden crosses at every location some angel has died. Too morbid? Only because they could have lived another day! Have a good day today! Glenn Woodle Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 15, 2003 11:38 AM Hi All, I live in Michigan right on the Holly sub of Grand Trunk Western (CN). I've lived there all my 38 years and basically grew up walking the tracks behind my house. We are way out in the country, and growing up, there were never any No Trespassing signs or Railroad police around. Nobody ever told us that it was dangerous. We thought and acted like the railroad was a regular road. Look both ways, if something is coming get the heck out of the way, fast. We never had an incident, and only once do I recall that the crew had to give an extra toot to warn someone.....and that was an adult. Today, I would never dream of doing the things that I did in my uneducated youth. And my railfanning freinds and myself let everyone know, in no uncertain terms, stay off the right of way. The kids usually listen. It's the adults that have a hard time getting it. We are rather fortunate in that we have a great railfaning spot at the Durand, MI Union Station. It is open to the public and you can stand on the platform as the trains go by. There ia a fence seperating you from the right of way, but you can stand within about 8 feet of millions of tons of CN freight trains roaring by at over 60 MPH. More than once I have used this as an object lesson with friends to get the point across that these big, heavy, thundering machines cannot stop for you so you have to stop for them. So far I have only had one person stay at the fence with me for the entire length of the train. Everyone else has backed off . If that experience doesn't make the point then they are hopeless. Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 15, 2003 11:38 AM Hi All, I live in Michigan right on the Holly sub of Grand Trunk Western (CN). I've lived there all my 38 years and basically grew up walking the tracks behind my house. We are way out in the country, and growing up, there were never any No Trespassing signs or Railroad police around. Nobody ever told us that it was dangerous. We thought and acted like the railroad was a regular road. Look both ways, if something is coming get the heck out of the way, fast. We never had an incident, and only once do I recall that the crew had to give an extra toot to warn someone.....and that was an adult. Today, I would never dream of doing the things that I did in my uneducated youth. And my railfanning freinds and myself let everyone know, in no uncertain terms, stay off the right of way. The kids usually listen. It's the adults that have a hard time getting it. We are rather fortunate in that we have a great railfaning spot at the Durand, MI Union Station. It is open to the public and you can stand on the platform as the trains go by. There ia a fence seperating you from the right of way, but you can stand within about 8 feet of millions of tons of CN freight trains roaring by at over 60 MPH. More than once I have used this as an object lesson with friends to get the point across that these big, heavy, thundering machines cannot stop for you so you have to stop for them. So far I have only had one person stay at the fence with me for the entire length of the train. Everyone else has backed off . If that experience doesn't make the point then they are hopeless. Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 15, 2003 10:57 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by captainclack AS A KID (aged 17) it's really embarrassing to see, well, other kids doing what they do around trains. I have nothing but respect for the railroad and its property and it just burns me up to see anyone screwing with trains like they do - walking in the four-foot, throwing stones at the cars, dodging trains at crossings, and all that. Not only are they endangering themselves, but sometimes the lives of railroad workers and people near the tracks as well. And through all of that, it reflects poorly on us railfans - especially us KID railfans. (A lot of people do understandably have a problem with a 17-year-old near the tracks, even if I'm just there to railfan and try to be as safe as possible.) If they don't kill or hurt themselves or others, at the very least it makes people wary of even safe railfans such as ourselves. (Oh, and, yes, I have seen the aforementioned video. I'm genuinely surprised a similar accident has never happened in my town, that I know of.) So, from a KID to all the other kids out there - DON'T SCREW WITH TRAINS. PERIOD. I couldn't agree with you more! I'm about your age and think it's totally ridiculous what many people our age will do. Speaking of the lack of respect many young people have for railroads, how about this? Sometime in the 90's a teenage boy in England set up some cement blocks on a railway track one night with the intent to derail a train so he could impress some girls that were with him. A passenger train derailed and several people were killed and he was sent to prison. I'm sure the girls were very impressed. I myself have seen the video everyone's talking about on the FOX program with the final frame paused before the woman actually gets hit. I'm glad I didn't see the rest. If seeing that doesn't make people want to stop, look and listen, I don't know what will. I mentioned these two incidents on another thread, but they're good examples of other people's ignorance at railroad crossings. There was young guy who lived in a town in my area. For fun he would stand out in the middle of the track in front of a moving train and happily wave at the crew on board and then jump out of the way at the very last second. One night he had been drinking and tried doing this again for the last time. I also heard about an incident where a pedestrian was so impatient while waiting for a train that he actually tried to crawl under a moving train to get to the other side! I don't need to say the outcome. When will people ever learn? Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 15, 2003 10:57 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by captainclack AS A KID (aged 17) it's really embarrassing to see, well, other kids doing what they do around trains. I have nothing but respect for the railroad and its property and it just burns me up to see anyone screwing with trains like they do - walking in the four-foot, throwing stones at the cars, dodging trains at crossings, and all that. Not only are they endangering themselves, but sometimes the lives of railroad workers and people near the tracks as well. And through all of that, it reflects poorly on us railfans - especially us KID railfans. (A lot of people do understandably have a problem with a 17-year-old near the tracks, even if I'm just there to railfan and try to be as safe as possible.) If they don't kill or hurt themselves or others, at the very least it makes people wary of even safe railfans such as ourselves. (Oh, and, yes, I have seen the aforementioned video. I'm genuinely surprised a similar accident has never happened in my town, that I know of.) So, from a KID to all the other kids out there - DON'T SCREW WITH TRAINS. PERIOD. I couldn't agree with you more! I'm about your age and think it's totally ridiculous what many people our age will do. Speaking of the lack of respect many young people have for railroads, how about this? Sometime in the 90's a teenage boy in England set up some cement blocks on a railway track one night with the intent to derail a train so he could impress some girls that were with him. A passenger train derailed and several people were killed and he was sent to prison. I'm sure the girls were very impressed. I myself have seen the video everyone's talking about on the FOX program with the final frame paused before the woman actually gets hit. I'm glad I didn't see the rest. If seeing that doesn't make people want to stop, look and listen, I don't know what will. I mentioned these two incidents on another thread, but they're good examples of other people's ignorance at railroad crossings. There was young guy who lived in a town in my area. For fun he would stand out in the middle of the track in front of a moving train and happily wave at the crew on board and then jump out of the way at the very last second. One night he had been drinking and tried doing this again for the last time. I also heard about an incident where a pedestrian was so impatient while waiting for a train that he actually tried to crawl under a moving train to get to the other side! I don't need to say the outcome. When will people ever learn? Reply Edit edblysard Member sinceMarch 2002 9,265 posts Posted by edblysard on Friday, August 15, 2003 10:01 AM Starting Sept. 1st, it will be illegal to drive a automobile and talk on a hand held cell phone in Texas. You may use a hands free set up, ie speaker or ear piece and microphone, but may not drive holding the phone to the side of your head. Bet you right, they thought the gates were for the stopped engine on the left. Still, the sound? You can hear it comming on the tape. But yeah, heard animals just following the rest, not thinkgs about where they were, and what they were doing. Deadly for the young lady, and I can bet the crew had a rough time of it also. Stay Frosty, Ed QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie [i]Originally posted by edblysard How could they not know a train was coming?[quote Ed, I too saw that video - and just about bet the thinking was that the gates were down for the engine sitting to the left. Never even considered there might be one coming. Preoccupation - kind of like cell phones and automobiles! Jen 23 17 46 11 Reply edblysard Member sinceMarch 2002 9,265 posts Posted by edblysard on Friday, August 15, 2003 10:01 AM Starting Sept. 1st, it will be illegal to drive a automobile and talk on a hand held cell phone in Texas. You may use a hands free set up, ie speaker or ear piece and microphone, but may not drive holding the phone to the side of your head. Bet you right, they thought the gates were for the stopped engine on the left. Still, the sound? You can hear it comming on the tape. But yeah, heard animals just following the rest, not thinkgs about where they were, and what they were doing. Deadly for the young lady, and I can bet the crew had a rough time of it also. Stay Frosty, Ed QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie [i]Originally posted by edblysard How could they not know a train was coming?[quote Ed, I too saw that video - and just about bet the thinking was that the gates were down for the engine sitting to the left. Never even considered there might be one coming. Preoccupation - kind of like cell phones and automobiles! Jen 23 17 46 11 Reply Mookie Member sinceJune 2001 From: US 13,488 posts Posted by Mookie on Friday, August 15, 2003 6:13 AM [i]Originally posted by edblysard How could they not know a train was coming?[quote Ed, I too saw that video - and just about bet the thinking was that the gates were down for the engine sitting to the left. Never even considered there might be one coming. Preoccupation - kind of like cell phones and automobiles! Jen She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw Reply Mookie Member sinceJune 2001 From: US 13,488 posts Posted by Mookie on Friday, August 15, 2003 6:13 AM [i]Originally posted by edblysard How could they not know a train was coming?[quote Ed, I too saw that video - and just about bet the thinking was that the gates were down for the engine sitting to the left. Never even considered there might be one coming. Preoccupation - kind of like cell phones and automobiles! Jen She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 14, 2003 11:56 PM This story happened to me back in '98 or '99 I belive. A couple of weeks earlyer I saw "Danger on the rails" docomentry. I was on my way to work and had to cross a single set of tracks. The tracks paralle Barnet highway, and river road connected to it like a "T" It's got traffic lights and only one vehicle can be at the line, then the tracks behind you, the the rest of the cars behind that. So this doughhead decides to stop right behind me. I was the first car at the light. I noticed he had a big "NO FEAR" sticker across the top of his windshield. I thought nothing of it, and turned to my right to look at the guy next to me in the lane next to me. This was at ten at night, and the roads were a lil frosty in mid fall. All was quiet as we waited for our light to turn green so we could turn left. So I looked left down the dark tracks, fiddled with my radio then looked to my right again at the car beside me. Then it happened! everything turned white!looked back to my left to see the triangle of lights comming at the poor sucker stopped behind me. I pulled ahead as much as possible hopeing the guy behind me had a nought room. I looked back at him and he was motioning me to pull ahead more. If I did that I'd get hit by traffic on my left. Then the bells started to ring, Guy behind me starts to panic as he touches his nose of his car to mine. Light turns green for us as the train starts blaring his horn. I litterly stood on the gas only to have my front tires spin on the frosty pavement. but I do inch forward. I back off and give my Honda civic type R just a little gas and we start going. Dunderhead behind me had four seconds to spare. The train was a CN, witch means they haul butt were ever they go. Not like CP, were they poke along. Nobody got hit that night, and as I drove to work I saw the guy behind me and I had to say to my self "Yeah man, NO FEAR, JUST TOTAL TERROR." Reply Edit « First«2345678 Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. 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QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie [i]Originally posted by edblysard How could they not know a train was coming?[quote Ed, I too saw that video - and just about bet the thinking was that the gates were down for the engine sitting to the left. Never even considered there might be one coming. Preoccupation - kind of like cell phones and automobiles! Jen
[i]Originally posted by edblysard How could they not know a train was coming?[quote Ed, I too saw that video - and just about bet the thinking was that the gates were down for the engine sitting to the left. Never even considered there might be one coming. Preoccupation - kind of like cell phones and automobiles! Jen
QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard Starting Sept. 1st, it will be illegal to drive a automobile and talk on a hand held cell phone in Texas. You may use a hands free set up, ie speaker or ear piece and microphone, Stay Frosty, Ed QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie [i]Originally posted by edblysard How could they not know a train was coming?[quote Ed, I too saw that video - and just about bet the thinking was that the gates were down for the engine sitting to the left. Never even considered there might be one coming. Preoccupation - kind of like cell phones and automobiles! Jen Hi all Here in our area about 6 months ago we had a cell phone talker / train crash. A lady was driving one car while her daughter followed her in another car. The mother was talking on a cell phone. She drove through the down crossing gate and into the train. The train did not hit her, SHE HIT THE TRAIN. Whoever she was speaking with heard her last words. She never spoke any others. Imagine the shock her poor daughter felt seeing the death of her mother and not being able to do anything to stop it. Do we really need to speak to someone that bad? I sure don't. Stay safe, and Look, Listen, and Live Don't forget the troops Ed for president Reply Edit Wdlgln005 Member sinceApril 2002 From: Nashville TN 1,306 posts Posted by Wdlgln005 on Saturday, August 16, 2003 11:46 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR I'll never forget the first time I saw that video, during an Operation Lifesaver presentation made to employees. As soon as it started, I recognized the location... Fairview Avenue, Downers Grove (I've biked past there many times...just yesterday I was there). Having a familiar location like that show up, and suspecting what I was going to see happen, made me really not want to look at the rest of the video, but, of course we saw it, then ran it through again (the first time we hadn't known who the victim would be). Even though the video ended when the corpse hit the cameraman, you could tell she probably never knew what hit her...the white of her dress was turning to red, even in those two seconds or less. The cameraman himself was drenched in her blood, we were told. I, too, had heard the divorce story. I hope these gory details help drive home the original message. As for the timing, I'm not sure, but I'd put it later than the late 60s...BN used those E units on suburban trains well into the 80s (someone correct me or supply a good date for that), and video photography didn't become common until well after the 60s (you could tell by the end of the film that it was video, not a movie). Now, having said all of that, it should be noted that they probably didn't go past a lowered gate, since they may have gotten off the stopped train, and the platform is inside the gates. Still, no excuse for crossing the tracks without looking or listening (or at least recognizing what you're hearing). I'm also familiar with the BN racetrack and some of the stations/ crossings. The racetrack is one of the busiest lines in America. From LaGrange Road west thru Downer's Grove, Naperville to Aurora, The video is a great one to demonstrate EXPECT A TRAIN FROM ANY DIRECTION AT ANY TIME! Many of the gates are the single quadrant type to cover one side of the road & a short arm for the pedestrians on that side of the street. Bells & lights blink & dink away. Passengers should know to stay behind the yellow line & don't cross the tracks. Drivers should stop & wait for the few seconds for a train to pass. Many times I could watch from LaGrange road a similar situation: an E9 will push an inbound train & stop at the station. On the 3rd track, another unit will pull another westbound & stop, accross the track from the 1st one. Then a 3rd express commuter will blast everyone going 50+. This is what the video depicts, with some pedestrians not waiting for all the trains to clear so they can cross the tracks & get to their car. Tough, but it's better to WAIT TO BE SAFE. My mousepad shows a E9A painted in the green BN hockey stick scheme in 1974. Two units are here at the Tennesee Central RR Museum. They have US flags on the front sides, so must have run thru Desert Storm in 1993? One is too rusty to run now. On my way to work, I've seen too many wrecks along this line. This is the part that drives trainmen crazy. Railroads put in lots of loud bells, horns & lights. Most of the road lights are tied into the signals & also turn red and only allow traffic to move on the cross streets. The state added a $500 fine for gatecrashers. Yet, too many drivers & pedestrians are just too stupid to stop & stay safe. Maybe the only solution is to set up white wooden crosses at every location some angel has died. Too morbid? Only because they could have lived another day! Have a good day today! Glenn Woodle Reply Wdlgln005 Member sinceApril 2002 From: Nashville TN 1,306 posts Posted by Wdlgln005 on Saturday, August 16, 2003 11:46 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR I'll never forget the first time I saw that video, during an Operation Lifesaver presentation made to employees. As soon as it started, I recognized the location... Fairview Avenue, Downers Grove (I've biked past there many times...just yesterday I was there). Having a familiar location like that show up, and suspecting what I was going to see happen, made me really not want to look at the rest of the video, but, of course we saw it, then ran it through again (the first time we hadn't known who the victim would be). Even though the video ended when the corpse hit the cameraman, you could tell she probably never knew what hit her...the white of her dress was turning to red, even in those two seconds or less. The cameraman himself was drenched in her blood, we were told. I, too, had heard the divorce story. I hope these gory details help drive home the original message. As for the timing, I'm not sure, but I'd put it later than the late 60s...BN used those E units on suburban trains well into the 80s (someone correct me or supply a good date for that), and video photography didn't become common until well after the 60s (you could tell by the end of the film that it was video, not a movie). Now, having said all of that, it should be noted that they probably didn't go past a lowered gate, since they may have gotten off the stopped train, and the platform is inside the gates. Still, no excuse for crossing the tracks without looking or listening (or at least recognizing what you're hearing). I'm also familiar with the BN racetrack and some of the stations/ crossings. The racetrack is one of the busiest lines in America. From LaGrange Road west thru Downer's Grove, Naperville to Aurora, The video is a great one to demonstrate EXPECT A TRAIN FROM ANY DIRECTION AT ANY TIME! Many of the gates are the single quadrant type to cover one side of the road & a short arm for the pedestrians on that side of the street. Bells & lights blink & dink away. Passengers should know to stay behind the yellow line & don't cross the tracks. Drivers should stop & wait for the few seconds for a train to pass. Many times I could watch from LaGrange road a similar situation: an E9 will push an inbound train & stop at the station. On the 3rd track, another unit will pull another westbound & stop, accross the track from the 1st one. Then a 3rd express commuter will blast everyone going 50+. This is what the video depicts, with some pedestrians not waiting for all the trains to clear so they can cross the tracks & get to their car. Tough, but it's better to WAIT TO BE SAFE. My mousepad shows a E9A painted in the green BN hockey stick scheme in 1974. Two units are here at the Tennesee Central RR Museum. They have US flags on the front sides, so must have run thru Desert Storm in 1993? One is too rusty to run now. On my way to work, I've seen too many wrecks along this line. This is the part that drives trainmen crazy. Railroads put in lots of loud bells, horns & lights. Most of the road lights are tied into the signals & also turn red and only allow traffic to move on the cross streets. The state added a $500 fine for gatecrashers. Yet, too many drivers & pedestrians are just too stupid to stop & stay safe. Maybe the only solution is to set up white wooden crosses at every location some angel has died. Too morbid? Only because they could have lived another day! Have a good day today! Glenn Woodle Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 15, 2003 11:38 AM Hi All, I live in Michigan right on the Holly sub of Grand Trunk Western (CN). I've lived there all my 38 years and basically grew up walking the tracks behind my house. We are way out in the country, and growing up, there were never any No Trespassing signs or Railroad police around. Nobody ever told us that it was dangerous. We thought and acted like the railroad was a regular road. Look both ways, if something is coming get the heck out of the way, fast. We never had an incident, and only once do I recall that the crew had to give an extra toot to warn someone.....and that was an adult. Today, I would never dream of doing the things that I did in my uneducated youth. And my railfanning freinds and myself let everyone know, in no uncertain terms, stay off the right of way. The kids usually listen. It's the adults that have a hard time getting it. We are rather fortunate in that we have a great railfaning spot at the Durand, MI Union Station. It is open to the public and you can stand on the platform as the trains go by. There ia a fence seperating you from the right of way, but you can stand within about 8 feet of millions of tons of CN freight trains roaring by at over 60 MPH. More than once I have used this as an object lesson with friends to get the point across that these big, heavy, thundering machines cannot stop for you so you have to stop for them. So far I have only had one person stay at the fence with me for the entire length of the train. Everyone else has backed off . If that experience doesn't make the point then they are hopeless. Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 15, 2003 11:38 AM Hi All, I live in Michigan right on the Holly sub of Grand Trunk Western (CN). I've lived there all my 38 years and basically grew up walking the tracks behind my house. We are way out in the country, and growing up, there were never any No Trespassing signs or Railroad police around. Nobody ever told us that it was dangerous. We thought and acted like the railroad was a regular road. Look both ways, if something is coming get the heck out of the way, fast. We never had an incident, and only once do I recall that the crew had to give an extra toot to warn someone.....and that was an adult. Today, I would never dream of doing the things that I did in my uneducated youth. And my railfanning freinds and myself let everyone know, in no uncertain terms, stay off the right of way. The kids usually listen. It's the adults that have a hard time getting it. We are rather fortunate in that we have a great railfaning spot at the Durand, MI Union Station. It is open to the public and you can stand on the platform as the trains go by. There ia a fence seperating you from the right of way, but you can stand within about 8 feet of millions of tons of CN freight trains roaring by at over 60 MPH. More than once I have used this as an object lesson with friends to get the point across that these big, heavy, thundering machines cannot stop for you so you have to stop for them. So far I have only had one person stay at the fence with me for the entire length of the train. Everyone else has backed off . If that experience doesn't make the point then they are hopeless. Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 15, 2003 10:57 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by captainclack AS A KID (aged 17) it's really embarrassing to see, well, other kids doing what they do around trains. I have nothing but respect for the railroad and its property and it just burns me up to see anyone screwing with trains like they do - walking in the four-foot, throwing stones at the cars, dodging trains at crossings, and all that. Not only are they endangering themselves, but sometimes the lives of railroad workers and people near the tracks as well. And through all of that, it reflects poorly on us railfans - especially us KID railfans. (A lot of people do understandably have a problem with a 17-year-old near the tracks, even if I'm just there to railfan and try to be as safe as possible.) If they don't kill or hurt themselves or others, at the very least it makes people wary of even safe railfans such as ourselves. (Oh, and, yes, I have seen the aforementioned video. I'm genuinely surprised a similar accident has never happened in my town, that I know of.) So, from a KID to all the other kids out there - DON'T SCREW WITH TRAINS. PERIOD. I couldn't agree with you more! I'm about your age and think it's totally ridiculous what many people our age will do. Speaking of the lack of respect many young people have for railroads, how about this? Sometime in the 90's a teenage boy in England set up some cement blocks on a railway track one night with the intent to derail a train so he could impress some girls that were with him. A passenger train derailed and several people were killed and he was sent to prison. I'm sure the girls were very impressed. I myself have seen the video everyone's talking about on the FOX program with the final frame paused before the woman actually gets hit. I'm glad I didn't see the rest. If seeing that doesn't make people want to stop, look and listen, I don't know what will. I mentioned these two incidents on another thread, but they're good examples of other people's ignorance at railroad crossings. There was young guy who lived in a town in my area. For fun he would stand out in the middle of the track in front of a moving train and happily wave at the crew on board and then jump out of the way at the very last second. One night he had been drinking and tried doing this again for the last time. I also heard about an incident where a pedestrian was so impatient while waiting for a train that he actually tried to crawl under a moving train to get to the other side! I don't need to say the outcome. When will people ever learn? Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 15, 2003 10:57 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by captainclack AS A KID (aged 17) it's really embarrassing to see, well, other kids doing what they do around trains. I have nothing but respect for the railroad and its property and it just burns me up to see anyone screwing with trains like they do - walking in the four-foot, throwing stones at the cars, dodging trains at crossings, and all that. Not only are they endangering themselves, but sometimes the lives of railroad workers and people near the tracks as well. And through all of that, it reflects poorly on us railfans - especially us KID railfans. (A lot of people do understandably have a problem with a 17-year-old near the tracks, even if I'm just there to railfan and try to be as safe as possible.) If they don't kill or hurt themselves or others, at the very least it makes people wary of even safe railfans such as ourselves. (Oh, and, yes, I have seen the aforementioned video. I'm genuinely surprised a similar accident has never happened in my town, that I know of.) So, from a KID to all the other kids out there - DON'T SCREW WITH TRAINS. PERIOD. I couldn't agree with you more! I'm about your age and think it's totally ridiculous what many people our age will do. Speaking of the lack of respect many young people have for railroads, how about this? Sometime in the 90's a teenage boy in England set up some cement blocks on a railway track one night with the intent to derail a train so he could impress some girls that were with him. A passenger train derailed and several people were killed and he was sent to prison. I'm sure the girls were very impressed. I myself have seen the video everyone's talking about on the FOX program with the final frame paused before the woman actually gets hit. I'm glad I didn't see the rest. If seeing that doesn't make people want to stop, look and listen, I don't know what will. I mentioned these two incidents on another thread, but they're good examples of other people's ignorance at railroad crossings. There was young guy who lived in a town in my area. For fun he would stand out in the middle of the track in front of a moving train and happily wave at the crew on board and then jump out of the way at the very last second. One night he had been drinking and tried doing this again for the last time. I also heard about an incident where a pedestrian was so impatient while waiting for a train that he actually tried to crawl under a moving train to get to the other side! I don't need to say the outcome. When will people ever learn? Reply Edit edblysard Member sinceMarch 2002 9,265 posts Posted by edblysard on Friday, August 15, 2003 10:01 AM Starting Sept. 1st, it will be illegal to drive a automobile and talk on a hand held cell phone in Texas. You may use a hands free set up, ie speaker or ear piece and microphone, but may not drive holding the phone to the side of your head. Bet you right, they thought the gates were for the stopped engine on the left. Still, the sound? You can hear it comming on the tape. But yeah, heard animals just following the rest, not thinkgs about where they were, and what they were doing. Deadly for the young lady, and I can bet the crew had a rough time of it also. Stay Frosty, Ed QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie [i]Originally posted by edblysard How could they not know a train was coming?[quote Ed, I too saw that video - and just about bet the thinking was that the gates were down for the engine sitting to the left. Never even considered there might be one coming. Preoccupation - kind of like cell phones and automobiles! Jen 23 17 46 11 Reply edblysard Member sinceMarch 2002 9,265 posts Posted by edblysard on Friday, August 15, 2003 10:01 AM Starting Sept. 1st, it will be illegal to drive a automobile and talk on a hand held cell phone in Texas. You may use a hands free set up, ie speaker or ear piece and microphone, but may not drive holding the phone to the side of your head. Bet you right, they thought the gates were for the stopped engine on the left. Still, the sound? You can hear it comming on the tape. But yeah, heard animals just following the rest, not thinkgs about where they were, and what they were doing. Deadly for the young lady, and I can bet the crew had a rough time of it also. Stay Frosty, Ed QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie [i]Originally posted by edblysard How could they not know a train was coming?[quote Ed, I too saw that video - and just about bet the thinking was that the gates were down for the engine sitting to the left. Never even considered there might be one coming. Preoccupation - kind of like cell phones and automobiles! Jen 23 17 46 11 Reply Mookie Member sinceJune 2001 From: US 13,488 posts Posted by Mookie on Friday, August 15, 2003 6:13 AM [i]Originally posted by edblysard How could they not know a train was coming?[quote Ed, I too saw that video - and just about bet the thinking was that the gates were down for the engine sitting to the left. Never even considered there might be one coming. Preoccupation - kind of like cell phones and automobiles! Jen She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw Reply Mookie Member sinceJune 2001 From: US 13,488 posts Posted by Mookie on Friday, August 15, 2003 6:13 AM [i]Originally posted by edblysard How could they not know a train was coming?[quote Ed, I too saw that video - and just about bet the thinking was that the gates were down for the engine sitting to the left. Never even considered there might be one coming. Preoccupation - kind of like cell phones and automobiles! Jen She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 14, 2003 11:56 PM This story happened to me back in '98 or '99 I belive. A couple of weeks earlyer I saw "Danger on the rails" docomentry. I was on my way to work and had to cross a single set of tracks. The tracks paralle Barnet highway, and river road connected to it like a "T" It's got traffic lights and only one vehicle can be at the line, then the tracks behind you, the the rest of the cars behind that. So this doughhead decides to stop right behind me. I was the first car at the light. I noticed he had a big "NO FEAR" sticker across the top of his windshield. I thought nothing of it, and turned to my right to look at the guy next to me in the lane next to me. This was at ten at night, and the roads were a lil frosty in mid fall. All was quiet as we waited for our light to turn green so we could turn left. So I looked left down the dark tracks, fiddled with my radio then looked to my right again at the car beside me. Then it happened! everything turned white!looked back to my left to see the triangle of lights comming at the poor sucker stopped behind me. I pulled ahead as much as possible hopeing the guy behind me had a nought room. I looked back at him and he was motioning me to pull ahead more. If I did that I'd get hit by traffic on my left. Then the bells started to ring, Guy behind me starts to panic as he touches his nose of his car to mine. Light turns green for us as the train starts blaring his horn. I litterly stood on the gas only to have my front tires spin on the frosty pavement. but I do inch forward. I back off and give my Honda civic type R just a little gas and we start going. Dunderhead behind me had four seconds to spare. The train was a CN, witch means they haul butt were ever they go. Not like CP, were they poke along. Nobody got hit that night, and as I drove to work I saw the guy behind me and I had to say to my self "Yeah man, NO FEAR, JUST TOTAL TERROR." Reply Edit « First«2345678 Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. 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QUOTE: Originally posted by CShaveRR I'll never forget the first time I saw that video, during an Operation Lifesaver presentation made to employees. As soon as it started, I recognized the location... Fairview Avenue, Downers Grove (I've biked past there many times...just yesterday I was there). Having a familiar location like that show up, and suspecting what I was going to see happen, made me really not want to look at the rest of the video, but, of course we saw it, then ran it through again (the first time we hadn't known who the victim would be). Even though the video ended when the corpse hit the cameraman, you could tell she probably never knew what hit her...the white of her dress was turning to red, even in those two seconds or less. The cameraman himself was drenched in her blood, we were told. I, too, had heard the divorce story. I hope these gory details help drive home the original message. As for the timing, I'm not sure, but I'd put it later than the late 60s...BN used those E units on suburban trains well into the 80s (someone correct me or supply a good date for that), and video photography didn't become common until well after the 60s (you could tell by the end of the film that it was video, not a movie). Now, having said all of that, it should be noted that they probably didn't go past a lowered gate, since they may have gotten off the stopped train, and the platform is inside the gates. Still, no excuse for crossing the tracks without looking or listening (or at least recognizing what you're hearing).
QUOTE: Originally posted by captainclack AS A KID (aged 17) it's really embarrassing to see, well, other kids doing what they do around trains. I have nothing but respect for the railroad and its property and it just burns me up to see anyone screwing with trains like they do - walking in the four-foot, throwing stones at the cars, dodging trains at crossings, and all that. Not only are they endangering themselves, but sometimes the lives of railroad workers and people near the tracks as well. And through all of that, it reflects poorly on us railfans - especially us KID railfans. (A lot of people do understandably have a problem with a 17-year-old near the tracks, even if I'm just there to railfan and try to be as safe as possible.) If they don't kill or hurt themselves or others, at the very least it makes people wary of even safe railfans such as ourselves. (Oh, and, yes, I have seen the aforementioned video. I'm genuinely surprised a similar accident has never happened in my town, that I know of.) So, from a KID to all the other kids out there - DON'T SCREW WITH TRAINS. PERIOD.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie [i]Originally posted by edblysard How could they not know a train was coming?[quote Ed, I too saw that video - and just about bet the thinking was that the gates were down for the engine sitting to the left. Never even considered there might be one coming. Preoccupation - kind of like cell phones and automobiles! Jen 23 17 46 11 Reply edblysard Member sinceMarch 2002 9,265 posts Posted by edblysard on Friday, August 15, 2003 10:01 AM Starting Sept. 1st, it will be illegal to drive a automobile and talk on a hand held cell phone in Texas. You may use a hands free set up, ie speaker or ear piece and microphone, but may not drive holding the phone to the side of your head. Bet you right, they thought the gates were for the stopped engine on the left. Still, the sound? You can hear it comming on the tape. But yeah, heard animals just following the rest, not thinkgs about where they were, and what they were doing. Deadly for the young lady, and I can bet the crew had a rough time of it also. Stay Frosty, Ed QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie [i]Originally posted by edblysard How could they not know a train was coming?[quote Ed, I too saw that video - and just about bet the thinking was that the gates were down for the engine sitting to the left. Never even considered there might be one coming. Preoccupation - kind of like cell phones and automobiles! Jen 23 17 46 11 Reply Mookie Member sinceJune 2001 From: US 13,488 posts Posted by Mookie on Friday, August 15, 2003 6:13 AM [i]Originally posted by edblysard How could they not know a train was coming?[quote Ed, I too saw that video - and just about bet the thinking was that the gates were down for the engine sitting to the left. Never even considered there might be one coming. Preoccupation - kind of like cell phones and automobiles! Jen She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw Reply Mookie Member sinceJune 2001 From: US 13,488 posts Posted by Mookie on Friday, August 15, 2003 6:13 AM [i]Originally posted by edblysard How could they not know a train was coming?[quote Ed, I too saw that video - and just about bet the thinking was that the gates were down for the engine sitting to the left. Never even considered there might be one coming. Preoccupation - kind of like cell phones and automobiles! Jen She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 14, 2003 11:56 PM This story happened to me back in '98 or '99 I belive. A couple of weeks earlyer I saw "Danger on the rails" docomentry. I was on my way to work and had to cross a single set of tracks. The tracks paralle Barnet highway, and river road connected to it like a "T" It's got traffic lights and only one vehicle can be at the line, then the tracks behind you, the the rest of the cars behind that. So this doughhead decides to stop right behind me. I was the first car at the light. I noticed he had a big "NO FEAR" sticker across the top of his windshield. I thought nothing of it, and turned to my right to look at the guy next to me in the lane next to me. This was at ten at night, and the roads were a lil frosty in mid fall. All was quiet as we waited for our light to turn green so we could turn left. So I looked left down the dark tracks, fiddled with my radio then looked to my right again at the car beside me. Then it happened! everything turned white!looked back to my left to see the triangle of lights comming at the poor sucker stopped behind me. I pulled ahead as much as possible hopeing the guy behind me had a nought room. I looked back at him and he was motioning me to pull ahead more. If I did that I'd get hit by traffic on my left. Then the bells started to ring, Guy behind me starts to panic as he touches his nose of his car to mine. Light turns green for us as the train starts blaring his horn. I litterly stood on the gas only to have my front tires spin on the frosty pavement. but I do inch forward. I back off and give my Honda civic type R just a little gas and we start going. Dunderhead behind me had four seconds to spare. The train was a CN, witch means they haul butt were ever they go. Not like CP, were they poke along. Nobody got hit that night, and as I drove to work I saw the guy behind me and I had to say to my self "Yeah man, NO FEAR, JUST TOTAL TERROR." Reply Edit « First«2345678 Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie [i]Originally posted by edblysard How could they not know a train was coming?[quote Ed, I too saw that video - and just about bet the thinking was that the gates were down for the engine sitting to the left. Never even considered there might be one coming. Preoccupation - kind of like cell phones and automobiles! Jen 23 17 46 11 Reply Mookie Member sinceJune 2001 From: US 13,488 posts Posted by Mookie on Friday, August 15, 2003 6:13 AM [i]Originally posted by edblysard How could they not know a train was coming?[quote Ed, I too saw that video - and just about bet the thinking was that the gates were down for the engine sitting to the left. Never even considered there might be one coming. Preoccupation - kind of like cell phones and automobiles! Jen She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw Reply Mookie Member sinceJune 2001 From: US 13,488 posts Posted by Mookie on Friday, August 15, 2003 6:13 AM [i]Originally posted by edblysard How could they not know a train was coming?[quote Ed, I too saw that video - and just about bet the thinking was that the gates were down for the engine sitting to the left. Never even considered there might be one coming. Preoccupation - kind of like cell phones and automobiles! Jen She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 14, 2003 11:56 PM This story happened to me back in '98 or '99 I belive. A couple of weeks earlyer I saw "Danger on the rails" docomentry. I was on my way to work and had to cross a single set of tracks. The tracks paralle Barnet highway, and river road connected to it like a "T" It's got traffic lights and only one vehicle can be at the line, then the tracks behind you, the the rest of the cars behind that. So this doughhead decides to stop right behind me. I was the first car at the light. I noticed he had a big "NO FEAR" sticker across the top of his windshield. I thought nothing of it, and turned to my right to look at the guy next to me in the lane next to me. This was at ten at night, and the roads were a lil frosty in mid fall. All was quiet as we waited for our light to turn green so we could turn left. So I looked left down the dark tracks, fiddled with my radio then looked to my right again at the car beside me. Then it happened! everything turned white!looked back to my left to see the triangle of lights comming at the poor sucker stopped behind me. I pulled ahead as much as possible hopeing the guy behind me had a nought room. I looked back at him and he was motioning me to pull ahead more. If I did that I'd get hit by traffic on my left. Then the bells started to ring, Guy behind me starts to panic as he touches his nose of his car to mine. Light turns green for us as the train starts blaring his horn. I litterly stood on the gas only to have my front tires spin on the frosty pavement. but I do inch forward. I back off and give my Honda civic type R just a little gas and we start going. Dunderhead behind me had four seconds to spare. The train was a CN, witch means they haul butt were ever they go. Not like CP, were they poke along. Nobody got hit that night, and as I drove to work I saw the guy behind me and I had to say to my self "Yeah man, NO FEAR, JUST TOTAL TERROR." Reply Edit « First«2345678 Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
[i]Originally posted by edblysard How could they not know a train was coming?[quote Ed, I too saw that video - and just about bet the thinking was that the gates were down for the engine sitting to the left. Never even considered there might be one coming. Preoccupation - kind of like cell phones and automobiles! Jen She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw Reply Mookie Member sinceJune 2001 From: US 13,488 posts Posted by Mookie on Friday, August 15, 2003 6:13 AM [i]Originally posted by edblysard How could they not know a train was coming?[quote Ed, I too saw that video - and just about bet the thinking was that the gates were down for the engine sitting to the left. Never even considered there might be one coming. Preoccupation - kind of like cell phones and automobiles! Jen She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 14, 2003 11:56 PM This story happened to me back in '98 or '99 I belive. A couple of weeks earlyer I saw "Danger on the rails" docomentry. I was on my way to work and had to cross a single set of tracks. The tracks paralle Barnet highway, and river road connected to it like a "T" It's got traffic lights and only one vehicle can be at the line, then the tracks behind you, the the rest of the cars behind that. So this doughhead decides to stop right behind me. I was the first car at the light. I noticed he had a big "NO FEAR" sticker across the top of his windshield. I thought nothing of it, and turned to my right to look at the guy next to me in the lane next to me. This was at ten at night, and the roads were a lil frosty in mid fall. All was quiet as we waited for our light to turn green so we could turn left. So I looked left down the dark tracks, fiddled with my radio then looked to my right again at the car beside me. Then it happened! everything turned white!looked back to my left to see the triangle of lights comming at the poor sucker stopped behind me. I pulled ahead as much as possible hopeing the guy behind me had a nought room. I looked back at him and he was motioning me to pull ahead more. If I did that I'd get hit by traffic on my left. Then the bells started to ring, Guy behind me starts to panic as he touches his nose of his car to mine. Light turns green for us as the train starts blaring his horn. I litterly stood on the gas only to have my front tires spin on the frosty pavement. but I do inch forward. I back off and give my Honda civic type R just a little gas and we start going. Dunderhead behind me had four seconds to spare. The train was a CN, witch means they haul butt were ever they go. Not like CP, were they poke along. Nobody got hit that night, and as I drove to work I saw the guy behind me and I had to say to my self "Yeah man, NO FEAR, JUST TOTAL TERROR." Reply Edit « First«2345678 Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
[i]Originally posted by edblysard How could they not know a train was coming?[quote Ed, I too saw that video - and just about bet the thinking was that the gates were down for the engine sitting to the left. Never even considered there might be one coming. Preoccupation - kind of like cell phones and automobiles! Jen She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 14, 2003 11:56 PM This story happened to me back in '98 or '99 I belive. A couple of weeks earlyer I saw "Danger on the rails" docomentry. I was on my way to work and had to cross a single set of tracks. The tracks paralle Barnet highway, and river road connected to it like a "T" It's got traffic lights and only one vehicle can be at the line, then the tracks behind you, the the rest of the cars behind that. So this doughhead decides to stop right behind me. I was the first car at the light. I noticed he had a big "NO FEAR" sticker across the top of his windshield. I thought nothing of it, and turned to my right to look at the guy next to me in the lane next to me. This was at ten at night, and the roads were a lil frosty in mid fall. All was quiet as we waited for our light to turn green so we could turn left. So I looked left down the dark tracks, fiddled with my radio then looked to my right again at the car beside me. Then it happened! everything turned white!looked back to my left to see the triangle of lights comming at the poor sucker stopped behind me. I pulled ahead as much as possible hopeing the guy behind me had a nought room. I looked back at him and he was motioning me to pull ahead more. If I did that I'd get hit by traffic on my left. Then the bells started to ring, Guy behind me starts to panic as he touches his nose of his car to mine. Light turns green for us as the train starts blaring his horn. I litterly stood on the gas only to have my front tires spin on the frosty pavement. but I do inch forward. I back off and give my Honda civic type R just a little gas and we start going. Dunderhead behind me had four seconds to spare. The train was a CN, witch means they haul butt were ever they go. Not like CP, were they poke along. Nobody got hit that night, and as I drove to work I saw the guy behind me and I had to say to my self "Yeah man, NO FEAR, JUST TOTAL TERROR." Reply Edit « First«2345678 Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
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