flip1948 wrote:
My grandfather was a lieutenant in the railroad police in New Haven for the New York, New Haven and Hartford line.
When we were quite young they were producing a safety manual and he had me, my brother and our cousins pose for pics in the manual. I remember climbing the ladder on the side of a boxcar with a sign above my head reading, "DANGER! 25,000 VOLTS"
This was probably in the mid 50s.
When I was a young teen we used to jump onto the boxcar ladder of a freight train while it was moving, all be it slowly, but dangerous nonetheless. I'm not proud of having done so but teenagers often get involved in very dangerous activities. It's a wonder we survive our youth.