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Re: Relief Crew
Author: theconductor
Date: 08-10-2016 - 20:58
BNSF Retiree Wrote:
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> This next is way off the original topic but your
> experience is one of the more extreme examples.
> If you don't mind, which road do you work for? If
> BNSF, just identify as SOCAL or NORCAL. If UP,
> you're either in the LASU or RSVSU. My last
> encounter prior to retirement was in Bakersfield
> some years back when we still operated our stack
> trains on the UP. It was real early in the
> morning and we just boarded at Baker and Sumner
> headed North. We just got across Baker and into
> the 25 mph curve when a body dropped off a train
> stopped on the Southbound main. He rolled right
> on to the track in front of us and we rolled over
> him. Amazingly, the guy was still alive but cut
> up into three pieces (right leg plus both hands
> severed). After the PD and EMTs arrived, the RR
> managers came up and wanted to know if we wanted
> relief. We agreed and that was all there was to
> it. All the statements needed by the EMT, PD, and
> other first responders was handled by the manager.
> In a couple of days the claims agent called us to
> get our story and to tell us the guy died during
> emergency surgery. Never heard another thing.
> When we were relieved, the patch crew hadn't shown
> up yet but I know the train was released way
> before 4 hours all this while sitting on Baker St.
I work for the UP out of Roseville. It was the second such event in three years for me and the first one was similar. Though only one police agency took our statement.
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> This next is way off the original topic but your
> experience is one of the more extreme examples.
> If you don't mind, which road do you work for? If
> BNSF, just identify as SOCAL or NORCAL. If UP,
> you're either in the LASU or RSVSU. My last
> encounter prior to retirement was in Bakersfield
> some years back when we still operated our stack
> trains on the UP. It was real early in the
> morning and we just boarded at Baker and Sumner
> headed North. We just got across Baker and into
> the 25 mph curve when a body dropped off a train
> stopped on the Southbound main. He rolled right
> on to the track in front of us and we rolled over
> him. Amazingly, the guy was still alive but cut
> up into three pieces (right leg plus both hands
> severed). After the PD and EMTs arrived, the RR
> managers came up and wanted to know if we wanted
> relief. We agreed and that was all there was to
> it. All the statements needed by the EMT, PD, and
> other first responders was handled by the manager.
> In a couple of days the claims agent called us to
> get our story and to tell us the guy died during
> emergency surgery. Never heard another thing.
> When we were relieved, the patch crew hadn't shown
> up yet but I know the train was released way
> before 4 hours all this while sitting on Baker St.
I work for the UP out of Roseville. It was the second such event in three years for me and the first one was similar. Though only one police agency took our statement.
