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Re: WI train death
[Re: Cibarius]
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08/01/20 06:06 PM
08/01/20 06:06 PM
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The Beav
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My cousin was 12 years old and some how got her foot caught In the tracks and was killed by a train.
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Re: WI train death
[Re: Cibarius]
#6950784
08/01/20 06:36 PM
08/01/20 06:36 PM
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Pawnee
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Lost a older farmer here two years ago crossing the tracks on his tractor, and a young man east of here on his tractor just last week.
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Re: WI train death
[Re: tlguy]
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08/01/20 07:28 PM
08/01/20 07:28 PM
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Posts: 5,820 Sauk County, WI
Patrice
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Still boggles mind how any sober person can get hit by a train. Not like they swerve to hit you. Tlguy, Zim has spent many hours over the years doing survey work on railroad tracks (which nowadays they cannot even do without special training). It happens often that you can be facing away from a train with the right wind direction and cannot hear a thing when one approaches. It's pretty unsettling. I know a guy who got his leg chopped off doing just that. Never heard it coming and assumed he would. Getting hit generally happens to people who are walking along the tracks not crossing directly (in which case they would look both ways and go).
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Re: WI train death
[Re: Cibarius]
#6950917
08/01/20 08:34 PM
08/01/20 08:34 PM
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Posts: 828 Star City Arkansas
Owen
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I ride the trains and you would be surprised how quiet they move down the rails. And we run freight up to 70 mph. Amtrak even faster. Plus people like to play chicken with us to. Takes as much as a mile to stop after hitting someone. Lots of non gated crossings out there to boot.
Old enough to know better, but dumb enough to still try.
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