lionkingcmsl | Update on the trespasser fatality. :={

Sometimes it is not nice to be part of the "in crowd". :={

As I was walking towards the end of the platform, at 30th St., the rear flag of #173, our rescue train, a friend of mine told me the trespasser was a 17 year old female who was walking her bicycle across the tracks. :={

There are brand new fences along this stretch, to prevent such actions, but there are already holes cut in them. This section is a four track mainline with a curve to the east, from the direction our train came from. The curve is somewhat sharper than normal and has, IIRC, a speed restriction of 95mph, down from 125 mph.

A couple of years ago there was a multi-fatality incident in a fenced in section and the local residents admitted to the news crew that, in fact, they had cut the holes so they could take shortcuts across the tracks.

So now there is a grieving family that lost a young girl that really hadn't started her life. :={

Really, a very bad day. :={