Noted in passing: Always expect a train

[kinzel]

Man seeks reward for stupidity:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/08312008/news/regionalnews/zapped_amtrak_trespasser_sues_126902.htm

In other news:

http://www.kget.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=8e637cb2-d28a-4141-81c6-ccf807950f18

http://www.wxvt.com/Global/story.asp?S=8887988&nav=menu1344_2

Note -- it appears that people are being killed in train-car incidents almost daily. Please do not try to outrun a train to the gate, do not walk on the railroad tracks, do not go swimming from railway bridges, and don't climb on trains. Really.

Comments

[herefox.livejournal.com]

Fatalities happen several times a year on the Caltrain line here in the bay area. Often enough that regular riders like myself tend to bitch and moan about it (a large percentage of the ones here are suicides though...I have very little sympathy for anyone who chooses to traumatize a train engineer and any people nearby while also inconveniencing hundreds of people)

I've been in a train that hit an SUV before. It was a little flat box when we were done and we didn't even feel the impact. I don't think people realize just how slow trains are to stop and how heavy they are.