And Today.... Here We Go Again

[Amtrak OBS Gone Freight]

Yep....... here we go again....... folks just don't have any regard for their lives and safety of others.

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OBS gone freight.....

 

[MrFSS]

Yep....... here we go again....... folks just don't have any regard for their lives and safety of others.
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OBS gone freight.....

What Amtrak train has 33 cars???

 

[whistler]

http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=6802055&nav=4QcS

Bad couple of weeks in that area of Florida and a suicide by train up north.

 

[Amtrak OBS Gone Freight]

Yep....... here we go again....... folks just don't have any regard for their lives and safety of others.

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OBS gone freight.....

What Amtrak train has 33 cars???

They probably meant 13, but I'll check it out later. OBS gone freight....

 

[Amtrak OBS Employee gone freight]

Today's incident involves train #92........ the train struck a "concret hauler" truck after it violated the train's right of way. As it appears from the news chopper shots, the train is almost entirely derailed (at least the rear coaches). No reports on injuries to anyone on the train that I know of. I do know train #92 has been terminated at this point. But this is not.

I telling this it like it is folks........ stupid drivers have got to wake up!!!!

OBS gone freight........

 

[Amtrak OBS Employee gone freight]

But this is not. OBS gone freight........

I don't know where that came from........

 

[papike]

But this is not.

OBS gone freight........

I don't know where that came from........

when is the motoring public going to wise up!!! I hope those people on board had no serious injuries!!! my prayers go out to them

 

[whistler]

But this is not.

OBS gone freight........

I don't know where that came from........

when is the motoring public going to wise up!!! I hope those people on board had no serious injuries!!! my prayers go out to them

Given that this sorta thing has been happening since the first train met a horse drawn buggy. Likely never.

 

[frj1983]

Well,

We live in a society where we want everything fast, Fast, FAST!! And many people seem to have a built-in inability to wait for anything. Do you ever notice how angry people get in a grocery store if the line has 3 people in them?? Do you ever notice, how, if the light changes to green and you do not immediately take off(like a race car driver), other drivers honk at you??

So many feel that what they do is more important than what anybody else is doing...even if I'm just going to pick up a box of kleenex at Walgreens. Why in the "blank" do I have to wait for that stupid, slow moving train?? Why in the "blank" do I have to pull over for that emergency vehicle??

I also strongly believe that people seriously "misjudge" how fast the train is actually moving and many can't tell if it's a passenger train or a freight(or probably don't even know the difference). So bamo, they're flattened. "Patience," is a virtue that not only I but everyone else needs to develop...but it's a hard virtue to cultivate!

Sorry, that's my sermon for today...I'll stop now.