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Re: Similar Type Protests: The Davis Amtrak Station Anti-War Protest of 1972
Author: Alan C. Miller
Date: 10-11-2007 - 09:47

> In the mid 1970s I once worked with an engineer in
> the Cal-P who related an incident in Davis similar
> to that described above. He said he was ordered by
> some officials not to slow down. When he came
> around the corner, the tracks were wall to wall
> people. As he blew the whistle, he said it was
> like Moses parting the waters.

Years ago I heard about this from the on-track perspective. Some protestors stayed on the tracks as the train came around the corner at 45mph, determined to stop it, at the last moment coming to the realization the train couldn't stop!

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  Concord Naval Weapons Station Protest chris bekiaris 10-10-2007 - 10:36
  Re: Concord Naval Weapons Station Protest David Epling 10-10-2007 - 10:56
  Similar Type Protests: The Davis Amtrak Station Anti-War Protest of 1972 Coleman Randall 10-10-2007 - 11:17
  Re: Similar Type Protests: The Davis Amtrak Station Anti-War Protest of 1972 Pete 10-10-2007 - 12:48
  Re: Similar Type Protests Donovan Gray 10-10-2007 - 12:52
  Re: Similar Type Protests: The Davis Amtrak Station Anti-War Protest of 1972 Alan C. Miller 10-11-2007 - 09:47
  Re: Concord Naval Weapons Station Protest Tom H 10-10-2007 - 13:10


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