Apparently Amrtrak has more blood on its hands this morning, after on of its DC bound trains struck and killed two CSX crewmen adjacent to its tracks approaching Union Station last night. Details:
Sad story. Especially when the kid was only 14 years old, but he was playin' around the yard, and with full sized trains, ya never know...
Thunderwagon5000 said
6:30 AM, 07/21/17
When the news comes after the fact,somebody got in a tangle with your train unbeknownst phukk ! That is just as unnerving in it's own spooky way. Tu bad for the kid. If he had the day tu live over again ...
Cy Valley said
8:03 AM, 07/21/17
Thunderwagon5000 wrote:
When the news comes after the fact,somebody got in a tangle with your train unbeknownst phukk ! That is just as unnerving in it's own spooky way. Tu bad for the kid. If he had the day tu live over again ...
Had that happen twice, once when a guy ended up minus a leg and once when some guy ran into the side of the train.
Apparently Amrtrak has more blood on its hands this morning, after on of its DC bound trains struck and killed two CSX crewmen adjacent to its tracks approaching Union Station last night. Details:
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/amtrak-train-kills-two-railroad-employees-in-downtown-washington-dc/article/2627292
This saddens all railroaders, as they were brothers, and/or sister employees to all railroaders
-- Edited by Uke on Wednesday 28th of June 2017 03:43:45 PM
The follow up to the rwo trainmen killed outside DC by Amtrak in late June. STB/FRA released this:
http://www.dailyamerican.com/news/report-explains-why-local-men-died-on-railroad/article_62eefc8e-6714-11e7-8010-cba9191e6be6.html
And more from the Philly area. Thanks Phreddie who posted this on FB yesterday:
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/boy-struck-by-freight-train-in-frankford-20170719.html
Sad story. Especially when the kid was only 14 years old, but he was playin' around the yard, and with full sized trains, ya never know...
When the news comes after the fact,somebody got in a tangle with your train unbeknownst phukk ! That is just as unnerving in it's own spooky way. Tu bad for the kid. If he had the day tu live over again ...
Had that happen twice, once when a guy ended up minus a leg and once when some guy ran into the side of the train.