A trespasser strike has been reported between WIL and PHL.
Although I don't have any empirical evidence I would be shocked if those signs play much if any role in keeping people from committing suicide. For reasons that continue to elude me we expect drunk people to end the night with fifty dollars for a cab and we expect suicidal people to carry phones to the scene of their death. Really? Either install a phone with 24/7 access or take the sign down. Alternatively we could educate our citizens on less disruptive means of committing suicide. We have over three hundred million people in this country. You can't expect all of them to have a reason to live. We'd be darn lucky if even a quarter of them have a reason for existing that extended beyond mindlessly spawning offspring. Half measures only serve to give half interested people a false sense of success.Don't know if this was a suicide but wonder if these signs help keep some off the tracks. I took this pic from a SEPTA train on the NEC.
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It happened in Prospect Park, PA between Philadelphia and Chester.Train involved is Acela 2103. Looks like2110 and 2117 may be cancelled today due to this event. The middle tracks were closed and for a period track 4 was also shut down for coroner's investigation. The incident was at Moore PA according to reports.
There is a reason that the name of that station is identified as Prospect Park - Moore PA in old timetables but it is not important to argue about it. Yup it is in Prospect Park. Specifically the incident was at MP 9.5It happened in Prospect Park, PA between Philadelphia and Chester.Train involved is Acela 2103. Looks like2110 and 2117 may be cancelled today due to this event. The middle tracks were closed and for a period track 4 was also shut down for coroner's investigation. The incident was at Moore PA according to reports.
Ah! I didn't realize that. But I knew that in older timetables that I have seen, it is listed as Prospect Park - Moore. AFAIR there is not any CP there anymore, but maybe there was an interlocking or a siding thereabouts named Moore at some point?In the Amtrak ETT it is listed as "MOORE".
Two today. Capitol Limited is stopped at Boyds MDThis is getting out of hand. One Thur., one Fri., and now one today...
Yep. Washington Post early report: Person fatally struck by Amtrak train in Montgomery County,Two today. Capitol Limited is stopped at Boyds MDThis is getting out of hand. One Thur., one Fri., and now one today...
The Post article has a link to a report on the Friday fatality north of Baltimore on the NEC.An Amtrak train fatally struck a teenage pedestrian on the tracks near the Boyds MARC station Monday afternoon.
Montgomery County police said a male teenager was killed. Police spokesman Rick Goodale said detectives do not know the age of the teenager or why he was on the tracks.
I also love stories like that. Sometimes it seems like wheeling/dealing is a modern day behavior. Not so.Amazing! It did seem like there must be a cool story hiding behind it somewhere.
So was the station built by the Moores or by the railroad?
I learned recently that the Short Hills station in Millburn Township NJ was actually mostly funded by the Hartshorn family who owned the land in the area that came to be know as Short hills, where I lived before I moved to Florida. There are all these neat little stories hidden behind various old stations.
Jishnu, the nearest interlocking is BALDWIN and that's at 11.7. It's also an incomplete interlocking. Meaning a train can go 1-4 going North but not 4-1. If that makes any sense. The next closest interlocking is HOOK.Ah! I didn't realize that. But I knew that in older timetables that I have seen, it is listed as Prospect Park - Moore. AFAIR there is not any CP there anymore, but maybe there was an interlocking or a siding thereabouts named Moore at some point?In the Amtrak ETT it is listed as "MOORE".
Surprisingly, just noticed that the modern day Google Map lists the station as Prospect Park - Moore too!
This is just one reason I love Amtrak Unlimited. I learned something new and cool today, about something I didn't even know existed!Back when I was a contributing member of society (i.e., not retired), I often had to deal with old property maps. Some of the property maps for the Amtrak NEC in that area are still labeled "PW&B RR."
The source, including everything you ever wanted to know about Prospect Park, and a whole lot more, is HERE.
Did you know that Baldwin interlocking gets its name from the Baldwin Locomotive Works which was located at Eddystone? Numerous giant steam locomotives were delivered over that interlocking within the US, and others were delivered to the docks for delivery abroad, presumably by road for locomotives of different gauge, on of the examples was the following....Jishnu, the nearest interlocking is BALDWIN and that's at 11.7. It's also an incomplete interlocking. Meaning a train can go 1-4 going North but not 4-1. If that makes any sense. The next closest interlocking is HOOK.Ah! I didn't realize that. But I knew that in older timetables that I have seen, it is listed as Prospect Park - Moore. AFAIR there is not any CP there anymore, but maybe there was an interlocking or a siding thereabouts named Moore at some point?In the Amtrak ETT it is listed as "MOORE".
Surprisingly, just noticed that the modern day Google Map lists the station as Prospect Park - Moore too!
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