Glad it wasn't Me Wrote:
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> From what this report indicates, imagine if You
> will that You are the Conductor and Engineer of
> the BNSF train. You have a proceed indication and
> have traveled this stretch of track many times.
> What is different this time is looking out of the
> windows and seeing headlights and ditch lights of
> a train coming at You that obviously is not
> slowing down. Get the picture? Imagine watching as
> Your lead locomotive passes and You know at the
> least You have just missed death by seconds. At 22
> mph there isn't much time as the UP train plows
> only 12 cars behind where You are sitting. You
> just missed a brush with the grim reaper but what
> about the horror You are feeling watching that
> crew drive right into the side of Your train? You
> are on a different radio channel, You can not warn
> them. You look out the rear window of the cab and
> see all of this happening, and then the overpass
> falls apart. Incredible.

Yup.

As one of the old time conductors used to say, "It's enough to make your @#$%& pucker."