"Stupid is as Stupid Does"
Nov 21, 2023 09:45:03 #
Famous line by Forrest Gump.
At 1:19 yesterday afternoon, and man was grazed by a freight train going through town. He was walking along the tracks and didn't realize a train was approaching at 55 mph. No damage was reported to the train.
At 1:19 yesterday afternoon, and man was grazed by a freight train going through town. He was walking along the tracks and didn't realize a train was approaching at 55 mph. No damage was reported to the train.
Nov 21, 2023 13:38:55 #
Mr. SONY
Loc: LI, NY
jerryc41 wrote:
Famous line by Forrest Gump.
At 1:19 yesterday afternoon, and man was grazed by a freight train going through town. He was walking along the tracks and didn't realize a train was approaching at 55 mph. No damage was reported to the train.
At 1:19 yesterday afternoon, and man was grazed by a freight train going through town. He was walking along the tracks and didn't realize a train was approaching at 55 mph. No damage was reported to the train.
When I was a high schooler one of classmates lost his brother to the LIRR.
They said he was a deep thinker and when he was in that state, he tuned out the outside world.
He didn't hear the train approaching at 60mph blowing its VERY loud horn.
The cleanup crew had a guy with a clip board checking off a check list of the body parts as they were picked up or were scrapped on the rails.
Almost happened to me one day.
I didn't see or hear the train until it was very, very close.
Nov 21, 2023 13:50:44 #
Nov 21, 2023 15:16:11 #
Mr. SONY wrote:
When I was a high schooler one of classmates lost his brother to the LIRR.
They said he was a deep thinker and when he was in that state, he tuned out the outside world.
He didn't hear the train approaching at 60mph blowing its VERY loud horn.
The cleanup crew had a guy with a clip board checking off a check list of the body parts as they were picked up or were scrapped on the rails.
Almost happened to me one day.
I didn't see or hear the train until it was very, very close.
They said he was a deep thinker and when he was in that state, he tuned out the outside world.
He didn't hear the train approaching at 60mph blowing its VERY loud horn.
The cleanup crew had a guy with a clip board checking off a check list of the body parts as they were picked up or were scrapped on the rails.
Almost happened to me one day.
I didn't see or hear the train until it was very, very close.
When I was in high school, two classmates were walking along the tracks on a bridge with nowhere to run. One lost his leg, and the other lost his life. When I was a kid, pre-high school, I used to walk and play along the tracks.
Nov 21, 2023 17:34:51 #
Nov 21, 2023 20:01:19 #
pj81156 wrote:
Just a suggestion. Don’t walk on railroad tracks.
Nov 21, 2023 20:05:11 #
Yes, that is correct. The tracks and the area around them are private property. Being there is trespassing.
Nov 21, 2023 22:02:56 #
Mr. SONY
Loc: LI, NY
Enrico Verdi wrote:
It is illegal to walk on/along train tracks in the USA.
It's OK to walk across them.
How would we get to the other side of the tracks?
They did eventually build a walkway under the tracks in Deer Park.
But we still have to walk across the tracks in many, many locations.
Nov 22, 2023 06:31:29 #
Mr. SONY wrote:
When I was a high schooler one of classmates lost his brother to the LIRR.
They said he was a deep thinker and when he was in that state, he tuned out the outside world.
He didn't hear the train approaching at 60mph blowing its VERY loud horn.
The cleanup crew had a guy with a clip board checking off a check list of the body parts as they were picked up or were scrapped on the rails.
Almost happened to me one day.
I didn't see or hear the train until it was very, very close.
They said he was a deep thinker and when he was in that state, he tuned out the outside world.
He didn't hear the train approaching at 60mph blowing its VERY loud horn.
The cleanup crew had a guy with a clip board checking off a check list of the body parts as they were picked up or were scrapped on the rails.
Almost happened to me one day.
I didn't see or hear the train until it was very, very close.
I lost a friend (Joe S) just like that when I was in HS.
I have known several folks that have the ability to "Tune Everything Out".
Very Sad . . .
Nov 22, 2023 07:15:36 #
Mac wrote:
Yes, that is correct. The tracks and the area around them are private property. Being there is trespassing.
The least of a person's concerns.
Nov 22, 2023 08:26:54 #
My Great Uncle worked the rails in the early 1900s. He found lots of bodies on the tracks. Men got drunk and the track seemed like a good place to pass out.
Nov 22, 2023 09:05:20 #
The "rule of thumb" for railroad workers is: "expect a train at any time from any direction."
Nov 22, 2023 09:08:39 #
jerryc41 wrote:
The least of a person's concerns.
Why?
Nov 22, 2023 09:39:08 #
Because, for the most part freight trains do not run on a regular schedule like Amtrak.
Nov 22, 2023 09:42:12 #
I never walked between the train rails.
In 1952 I rode the NYC Ohio to New York.
Used the facilities and flushed.
Looking down, saw the cross-ties speeding by.
In 1952 I rode the NYC Ohio to New York.
Used the facilities and flushed.
Looking down, saw the cross-ties speeding by.
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