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Post by scalerail on Jul 26, 2021 2:17:55 GMT
It always amazes me how often it happens. Don
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Post by kars2026 on Jul 30, 2021 1:10:42 GMT
During my years as a leo, I investigated a lot of auto or truck vs train collisions. The train ALWAYS won. I never understood why people would put their lives in danger and try to beat a train.
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Post by agogley on Aug 8, 2021 20:54:00 GMT
So when I was a young man there was an unprotected rail crossing near my home. This was in the high desert of California. There was signs but no crossing guards at the time. People had been hit on this road on which I lived because it's basically a 10 mile paved road in the middle of the desert with very little traffic. So it wasn't unusual to be traveling at <ahem> a high rate of speed, especially as a young man. Anyways, it was night time and I wasn't paying too much attention. I came really close to being hit. I mean I don't know how close I really was but let's just say it scared me enough I didn't do that again.
Later on in life I lived in some apartments that were near another train track. The trains were under no whistle orders. I think somebody left their car on the track intentionally but we could hear the train hit the car and the train stop.
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