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Re: Two Missouri girls playing 'Ghost Train' game die when train hits Jeep
Author: NWPrailfanZMT
Date: 06-09-2012 - 20:55
Michael Mahoney Wrote:
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> 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?
Unless the crossing looks something like this-
I wouldn't feel safe parking there!
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> 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?
Unless the crossing looks something like this-
I wouldn't feel safe parking there!
