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Re: Worst Thing You Ever Found Trackside ?
Author: That Guy With The Genset
Date: 02-15-2013 - 12:43
Worst thing I've found trackside...hmm...
I've seen my fair share of animal carcasses, and a friend of mine once went behind the relay cabinet for Metrolink's Pepper Avenue crossing in Rialto, only to find several used condoms.
I guess seeing a squirrel getting pulverized by an F59PHI would have to be the most disturbing thing I've seen trackside. The critter was trying to outrun the engine on the railhead, and if it jumped a millisecond earlier would have been spared its grisly fate. The only thing that basically survived the wheel was the left-hand haunch, as it was pitched clear of the wheel when hit. I was even rolling film at the time, but later deleted the footage so I wouldn't accidentally use it in a compilation.
I've seen my fair share of animal carcasses, and a friend of mine once went behind the relay cabinet for Metrolink's Pepper Avenue crossing in Rialto, only to find several used condoms.
I guess seeing a squirrel getting pulverized by an F59PHI would have to be the most disturbing thing I've seen trackside. The critter was trying to outrun the engine on the railhead, and if it jumped a millisecond earlier would have been spared its grisly fate. The only thing that basically survived the wheel was the left-hand haunch, as it was pitched clear of the wheel when hit. I was even rolling film at the time, but later deleted the footage so I wouldn't accidentally use it in a compilation.
