Lives are lives. We should be spending and doing more to prevent unnecessary accidents, rather than dismiss their deaths so callously.
C&NW, CA&E, MILW, CGW and IC fan
One difference being killed by a terrorist and being killed while walking the tracks is that the deceased had a lot more to with the outcome of the latter. Compared with the number of deaths due to other lifestyle choices, the number of pedestrians killed by trains is pretty small.
Granted there are some cases such as the signal maintainer fiasco in Chicago where the fault was clearly on the RR as opposed to the driver/pedestrian.
NorthWest It does help showcase the scale of the problem, though; these stories are usually confined to local news networks.
It does help showcase the scale of the problem, though; these stories are usually confined to local news networks.
It's a big problem. Since 9-12-2001, 48 persons have been killed in the US by some sort of terrorists. We spend billions on homeland security. However, more than 7,200 pedestrians have been fatally struck by trains in the United States since 1997. An additional 6,400 have been injured. Each year on average about 500 are killed.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/hundreds-die-walking-the-tracks-each-year/article_b9c8bbcc-f424-559a-a0c4-bee46f8d4fe7.html
Add to that the large number killed annually in vehicles in grade crossing accidents.
http://oli.org/about-us/news/collisions-casulties
Not just outsiders. I think it's pretty macabre, too.
You do realize that most outsiders would think keeping body counts like this is pretty warped?
Two more ht in Richmond, Va trying to beat train by going around crossing gates.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/07/11/us/ap-us-train-two-killed.html?_r=0
LIRR hit two early this morning.
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/2-Killed-Struck-LIRR-Train-Hollis-Queens-MTA-312795441.html?partner=nbcnews
blue streak 1 Unconfirmed report Vermonter #57 hit tresspasser in Vermont Saturday.
Unconfirmed report Vermonter #57 hit tresspasser in Vermont Saturday.
57 did hit a man who was walking with his back to the train in Braintree VT on May 10. Track speed is 59 MPH with plenty of curves.
Missed several but here is another. Delayed 48 ~ 3:00 Hrs.
http://www.sanduskyregister.com/news/law-enforcement/8284461
Piedont #74 hit another
http://www.wral.com/65-year-old-man-struck-killed-by-amtrak-train-in-mebane/14628897/
This morning a headphone wearing tresspasser was tagged by a Pacific Surfliner in North Hollywood:
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/05/06/noho-pedestrian-struck-by-amtrak-train-listed-in-grave-condition/
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Downeaster hit tresspasser 3:00 PM today Friday in NH.
http://www.wcsh6.com/story/news/local/2015/05/01/amtrak-train-hits-kills-person-in-nh/26721843/
Acela hits predestrian Thursday..
http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2015/04/30/pedestrian-reported-hit-train-claymont/26654765/
It would seem that Engineers might need help with coping with the emotional stress incurred from these accidents which they are powerless to prevent. I feel for them. I recall one talking about seeing a child looking at him just before the collision. That would have left me needing counseling. It is clear that these people either are too desperate to care or too dumb to know the consequences of their action.
More info about RI collision
http://www.providencejournal.com/article/20150420/NEWS/150429895/-1/breaking_ajax
Link to Star hitting tresspasser near Oakland Park Florida. Affected TriRail passengers. Notorious location for tresspasser and auto incidents.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fort-lauderdale/fl-person-struck-by-amtrak-train-20150420-story.html
DeggestyIt is also sad that whoever wrote the story does not know the title of the person who is operating the engine--saying that the conductor saw the trespasser and blew the horn.
Or that neither they nor their editor knows how to spell the thing that stops a train.
Oh well, I guess them's the breaks...
It is sad that anyone should be so unaware of the danger of walking on a railroad track.
It is also sad that whoever wrote the story does not know the title of the person who is operating the engine--saying that the conductor saw the trespasser and blew the horn.
Johnny
Another tresspasser in Florida today Mteor # 97 southbound.
http://www.wfla.com/story/28850169/polk-county-pedestrian-hit-and-killed-by-train
Unconfirmed that 91 also it tresspasser some where south of West Palm Beach
Capitol corridor had one in San Jose today thursday.
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Train 542 is being delayed departing San Jose due to a Trespasser Incident
Two more today ( SAT ) in near Durham, NC
http://www.wral.com/police-two-hit-by-train-in-durham/14561365/
Thought I read that the FRA said 524 trespassers were killed by trains last year.
That is more than 1 a day on average.
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Bluestreak1, Yes, PA.
Not the first one, won't be the last one for NEC. Happens more often than it should.
Ricky W.
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2: It's for having fun and enjoyment.
3: Any objections, consult above rules.
Another hit on the NEC in Deleware county, ( Pa? )
http://6abc.com/news/person-fatally-struck-by-amtrak-train-in-sharon-hill/625364/
BNSF tracks Centralia Washington.
One Thursday evidently on BNSF tracks in Washington.
http://www.chronline.com/crime/article_3ba3fd14-d968-11e4-b5c3-cf15b6935a5e.html?mode=story
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