Save Our Trains Michigan
Conductor
I was blowing the whistle almost constantly due to the close proximity of the crossings. As we started up the grade towards Route 173, we could see the "snitch lights" illuminating on the sides of the roundels, indicating the signals there were activated and working properly. I had just come over Ida Avenue and no sooner finished whistling it when I began my sequence of two longs, a short and a long for Route 173. By this point my speed was starting to increase and I hit 42 mph.
As we closed in on Route 173, an auto rapidly approached and Brian, my conductor, yelled "that son of a b---- is going!" He was across and gone in an instant.
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As we closed in on Route 173, an auto rapidly approached and Brian, my conductor, yelled "that son of a b---- is going!" He was across and gone in an instant.
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