QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie it's Friday and you are in Arkansas.... I won't sign this one either!
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QUOTE: Originally posted by JoeKoh if your brave enough to fight the chicago traffic Matt and I are about 4hrs. away.depends who drives. stay safe joe
QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie QUOTE: Originally posted by JoeKoh if your brave enough to fight the chicago traffic Matt and I are about 4hrs. away.depends who drives. stay safe joe [8D] You can depend on the Mook not driving. Last time he let me drive with him in the car - he had had minor surgery and was so dopey, he didn't even know he was in the car. So guess short of me drugging him - he will drive! I will keep this in mind! Mookie
QUOTE: Originally posted by ironhorseman [:(] I guess I can can keep saying this until I'm blue in the face and people will still not listen and still not heed the warning, but STAY OFF THE RAILROAD TRACKS, ALWAYS! AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN: I've never seen anyone hit by a train and I hope to never have to, but I've seen pictures of the results and 1 video. The video was shown on TV several years ago. A rail car was blocking visibility of the tracks on the left and despite the warning lights and train horn and people warning other people not to cross people darted across anyway. Finally it arrived, but one person wasn't so lucky. A woman stepped on the rail and saw the train coming and stepped back. Two people tried to run across right after this. The man was sideswiped by the train. The little girl was hit head on dead center. The TV didn't show the rest. They stopped the video on the final frame before she was hit. I found the video on the internet a few months later. It shows the girl being hit, flying through the air, and landing a the base of the cameraman, at least 30 feet or more from the point of impact, which cause the camera to topple over. It's a horrifying video yet I watched it again and again. Frame by frame. In slow motion and reverse. Needless to say the image is forever burned on my brain. Sincerely, ironhorseman [:(!][xx(][:(] http://www.oli.org/
QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes QUOTE: Originally posted by ironhorseman [:(] I guess I can can keep saying this until I'm blue in the face and people will still not listen and still not heed the warning, but STAY OFF THE RAILROAD TRACKS, ALWAYS! AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN: I've never seen anyone hit by a train and I hope to never have to, but I've seen pictures of the results and 1 video. The video was shown on TV several years ago. A rail car was blocking visibility of the tracks on the left and despite the warning lights and train horn and people warning other people not to cross people darted across anyway. Finally it arrived, but one person wasn't so lucky. A woman stepped on the rail and saw the train coming and stepped back. Two people tried to run across right after this. The man was sideswiped by the train. The little girl was hit head on dead center. The TV didn't show the rest. They stopped the video on the final frame before she was hit. I found the video on the internet a few months later. It shows the girl being hit, flying through the air, and landing a the base of the cameraman, at least 30 feet or more from the point of impact, which cause the camera to topple over. It's a horrifying video yet I watched it again and again. Frame by frame. In slow motion and reverse. Needless to say the image is forever burned on my brain. Sincerely, ironhorseman [:(!][xx(][:(] http://www.oli.org/ Kevin found this video somewhere and emailed it to me. It is very sad and very shocking. Should anyone want to have it emailed to them either Kevin or I would be glad to do so. You should note before hand that it is real and very shocking. A life was taken, needlessly. It is so sad, yet a reminder that maybe we should see every now and then to remind us of what CAN happen. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN, yet it did.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by ironhorseman [:(] I guess I can can keep saying this until I'm blue in the face and people will still not listen and still not heed the warning, but STAY OFF THE RAILROAD TRACKS, ALWAYS! HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED: Why do I bring this up when it's been talked about before? I know I'm preaching to the choir, everyone here knows better, but somthing happened last night. Somewhere in America a kid sat right between the rails of the main line as a train was headed for him, no more than a 1/2 mile away, traveling at 50 miles per hour, like it was some kind of joke. I know becasue I was there. I rode my bicycle to the tracks last night about 8:15PM. The tracks are about a 1/4 mile away from my house. I heard a train coming so I sped up and made it to the place in the cemetary where the tracks go by when to my horror I saw a boy and a girl on a culvert RR bridge and another boy sitting, not in the siding, but right on the main line. My heart almost stopped. I dropped my bike and started over to them but when they saw me they ran away. Am I more scary than a highballing train? HERE'S WHAT I TOLD HIM: I waited until the train passed to confront them. It would make no sense trying to talk to them while a noisy train roared passed. I caught up with them just a little ways away. I told that kid that I'm only gonna tell him once don't ever sit on or walk on or be on those tracks. You could be killed. BAM and it's all over. A bloody corpse scattered all over the tracks. It won't be pretty. It'll be gruesome It's no place to be. I didn't ask him why he was there and I didn't humiliate him either. I don't think he heard me. All he said was "alright, alright, alright." No, it's not alright. What would have happened had he been hit? How would his family feel? How would that engineer feel? What's the engineer going to tell his family? That he killed a kid today? Suppose he threw the train into emergency? All those freight cars could derail and scatter, damaging those goods, private property, the rails themselves, and any unforunate persons that would be near the tracks. Even if the train doesn't derail the line would have to be shut down for an investigation causing our economy more money because the trains that deliver our merchandise have to be delayed and rerouted. AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN: I've never seen anyone hit by a train and I hope to never have to, but I've seen pictures of the results and 1 video. The video was shown on TV several years ago. A rail car was blocking visibility of the tracks on the left and despite the warning lights and train horn and people warning other people not to cross people darted across anyway. Finally it arrived, but one person wasn't so lucky. A woman stepped on the rail and saw the train coming and stepped back. Two people tried to run across right after this. The man was sideswiped by the train. The little girl was hit head on dead center. The TV didn't show the rest. They stopped the video on the final frame before she was hit. I found the video on the internet a few months later. It shows the girl being hit, flying through the air, and landing a the base of the cameraman, at least 30 feet or more from the point of impact, which cause the camera to topple over. It's a horrifying video yet I watched it again and again. Frame by frame. In slow motion and reverse. Needless to say the image is forever burned on my brain. INTERVENTION/PREVENTION: Maybe I prevented a tragedy. What if I had decided not to go there at that time last night? I'd probably be reading about it in the papers today. I REPEAT: PLEASE, I know you already know this, but it can't be said enough times. If you see someone on the tracks tell them to get off. Tell them what can happen. Tell them it's illegal. That way they can't say they've never been warned. Last night's railfaning was spoiled for me because of this. I thought about that kid all the rest of the night. I couldn't sleep most of last night. Everytime I heard an engine horn last night that image of that kid sitting between the rails came to mind. A SARCASTIC NOTE: If you're going to play on the rails may I suggest you also play on the freeway? Or how about a construction zone? You can play in a rock quarry, it's just as safe as a railroad. Go play in an oil refinery. Or how about a major airport runway? They're all just as safe as the railroad tracks. (that's sarcasm) A FINAL WORD: We don't need to worry about terroist attacking our railroads, we need to worry about idiots that think it is funny to sit between the rails of an oncoming train, or anyone that tampers with railroad property. TRESPASSERS NOT ONLY ENDANGER THEIR OWN LIVES BUT THE LIVES OF OTHERS. Sincerely, ironhorseman [:(!][xx(][:(] http://www.oli.org/
QUOTE: Originally posted by aldeschamps A golf cart got slammed into by a CP freight in Montreal a few hours ago. Are we about to see lights and barriers on golf courses any time soon?
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, 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 Know one gets Aticket for that in tyler theres ben six wrecks in two days that were caused by cell drivers Also me being A fire fighter I worked three incedents At gas stations where some one pumping gas cell phones lite up when they ring where theres light theres electricity and there a spark which ignites the gas and boom If your a guy (your nuts roasting because your on fire wheres jack frost when you need him) Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 17, 2003 6:04 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, 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 Know one gets Aticket for that in tyler theres ben six wrecks in two days that were caused by cell drivers Also me being A fire fighter I worked three incedents At gas stations where some one pumping gas cell phones lite up when they ring where theres light theres electricity and there a spark which ignites the gas and boom If your a guy (your nuts roasting because your on fire wheres jack frost when you need him) Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 17, 2003 6:09 PM I was thinking A stopped locomotive, like the on the left, CAN NOT emit such a high pitched horn sound. It is alot LOWER when a locomotive is not moving. That would ahve been my second clue, my first would have been the lowered gates. And in thsi day and age, we have time Delayed and motion activated RR lgihts, if the locomotive is standing still for 15-20 secondes, the corssing barriers go up, If another train appraches, they go back down.. thats why sometimes we stop at a station for a long time, and if we see the barriers go up, Technically AS SOON as we start moving again, the gates SHOULD go back down, Sometimes it takes maybe a second, so we have a rule in place now that is 10 MPH until the crossing is corssed, (only applies if we stop at the station beofre the corssing, and the gates go up) Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 17, 2003 6:09 PM I was thinking A stopped locomotive, like the on the left, CAN NOT emit such a high pitched horn sound. It is alot LOWER when a locomotive is not moving. That would ahve been my second clue, my first would have been the lowered gates. And in thsi day and age, we have time Delayed and motion activated RR lgihts, if the locomotive is standing still for 15-20 secondes, the corssing barriers go up, If another train appraches, they go back down.. thats why sometimes we stop at a station for a long time, and if we see the barriers go up, Technically AS SOON as we start moving again, the gates SHOULD go back down, Sometimes it takes maybe a second, so we have a rule in place now that is 10 MPH until the crossing is corssed, (only applies if we stop at the station beofre the corssing, and the gates go up) 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
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, 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 Know one gets Aticket for that in tyler theres ben six wrecks in two days that were caused by cell drivers Also me being A fire fighter I worked three incedents At gas stations where some one pumping gas cell phones lite up when they ring where theres light theres electricity and there a spark which ignites the gas and boom If your a guy (your nuts roasting because your on fire wheres jack frost when you need him) Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 17, 2003 6:09 PM I was thinking A stopped locomotive, like the on the left, CAN NOT emit such a high pitched horn sound. It is alot LOWER when a locomotive is not moving. That would ahve been my second clue, my first would have been the lowered gates. And in thsi day and age, we have time Delayed and motion activated RR lgihts, if the locomotive is standing still for 15-20 secondes, the corssing barriers go up, If another train appraches, they go back down.. thats why sometimes we stop at a station for a long time, and if we see the barriers go up, Technically AS SOON as we start moving again, the gates SHOULD go back down, Sometimes it takes maybe a second, so we have a rule in place now that is 10 MPH until the crossing is corssed, (only applies if we stop at the station beofre the corssing, and the gates go up) Reply Edit Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 17, 2003 6:09 PM I was thinking A stopped locomotive, like the on the left, CAN NOT emit such a high pitched horn sound. It is alot LOWER when a locomotive is not moving. That would ahve been my second clue, my first would have been the lowered gates. And in thsi day and age, we have time Delayed and motion activated RR lgihts, if the locomotive is standing still for 15-20 secondes, the corssing barriers go up, If another train appraches, they go back down.. thats why sometimes we stop at a station for a long time, and if we see the barriers go up, Technically AS SOON as we start moving again, the gates SHOULD go back down, Sometimes it takes maybe a second, so we have a rule in place now that is 10 MPH until the crossing is corssed, (only applies if we stop at the station beofre the corssing, and the gates go up) 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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