For those that think it can't happen to them.

[lionkingcmsl]

Here is a news story, from the web site of the local news radio station, KYW 1060.

I hope this knocks sense into anyone who thinks it's okay to walk, or otherwise tresspass on railroad tracks.

Freight Train Kills 2 In Bucks County

By KYW's Kim Glovas

Two Penndel men are dead after being struck by a freight train weighing 8-thousand tons. It happened in Middletown Township, Bucks County.

The two men were walking southbound on one of three sets of tracks when a CSX freight train saw them. The engineer began blowing his horn and signaling. Sergeant Robert Burnett of Middletown Township Police:

"They were walking on the tracks, actually physically on the tracks, and they gave no heed to the engineer's signal that he was behind them, they never turned around to face the train."

The bodies were dragged more than a hundred feet by the eight-thousand ton train. The train itself traveled another one and a half miles before stopping. Police and residents say there have been a number of fatalities on this stretch of track, despite "no trespassing" signs along side.

Please note that the train took over one and one half miles, to STOP.

The message is clear, DO NOT TRESSPASS ON RAILROAD PROPERTY! You can be killed.

Comments

*shakes his head*

[benor.livejournal.com]

WHY would someone actually be on the tracks? If you're following the train tracks, you normally don't have to be ON them. And if you to, find an alternate route! Man.....you just assume people would understand these common-sense things.

[blacktigr.livejournal.com]

Will never do that again. Honest.

[torakiyoshi.livejournal.com]

What, were they deaf? Even then, feeling the vibration of the train behind them should have given them plenty of warning. They must have been suicidal.

[lowen-kind.livejournal.com]

Talon,

In response to your question if they were deaf, from anothre article:

The men, whose backs were turned to the train, knew the train was approaching because they pantomimed sounding the train's horn, Lubold said. But though they apparently had time to get off the tracks, Lubold said they made no attempt to do so.

What is interesting that the two men, one 42, the other 40, were doing one illeagal acitivity, walking on railroad tracks, to do another.

To wit:

Friends and relatives told police the men were walking from their homes to a nearby flooded quarry to skim stones. Although the quarry is closed to the public and patrolled by security guards, it is known as a popular hangout spot, Lubold said.