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Re: Two Missouri girls playing 'Ghost Train' game die when train hits Jeep
Author: Michael Mahoney
Date: 06-08-2012 - 16:24
Everyone is talking about the crossing. There are grade crossings all over America, unfortunately. The question is, what about the track? Unless the people running the website are sadistic perverts they presumably thought that the track was abandoned.
I believe the STB maintains an inventory of abandoned track. Find one you like, and if you want to drive out to it and park on a crossing, I suppose there is no harm done, although the idea gives me the willies. But this was a UP main line, with an Amtrak route on it. Surely there were several trains a day, at least? Didn't anybody notice, before these poor kids bought the farm?
I believe the STB maintains an inventory of abandoned track. Find one you like, and if you want to drive out to it and park on a crossing, I suppose there is no harm done, although the idea gives me the willies. But this was a UP main line, with an Amtrak route on it. Surely there were several trains a day, at least? Didn't anybody notice, before these poor kids bought the farm?
