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@ ex-BN – Re: Big Wash Out On The Santa Cruz Branch Line
Author: Howard
Date: 03-27-2011 - 21:26
ex-BN Wrote:
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> This video was take from both sides of the washout
> and there are muddy footprints on the rail and
> ties over the gap. I am worried the the
> photographer or others may have walked across the
> "bridge". I worked on railroad track for many
> years and the ties are only hanging there by luck.
> The added weight of a person is by no means
> guaranteed to be held up by the ties. I urge
> people not to walk on ties that are suspended in
> mid-air.
Rest assured I would never consider such nonsense. I just asked my wife to drive us to the next road on the other side and we walked in.
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> This video was take from both sides of the washout
> and there are muddy footprints on the rail and
> ties over the gap. I am worried the the
> photographer or others may have walked across the
> "bridge". I worked on railroad track for many
> years and the ties are only hanging there by luck.
> The added weight of a person is by no means
> guaranteed to be held up by the ties. I urge
> people not to walk on ties that are suspended in
> mid-air.
Rest assured I would never consider such nonsense. I just asked my wife to drive us to the next road on the other side and we walked in.
