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- From: bjork@telebit.com (Steven Bjork)
- Subject: Rocking the head end, was Re: Stupid People (Grade crossings)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.025938.5365@telebit.com>
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- References: <1992Nov6.223536.9587@engage.pko.dec.com> <1992Nov7.181832.27959@steam.rome.ny.us> <1e475kINNc1q@gap.caltech.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 02:59:38 GMT
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- In article <1e475kINNc1q@gap.caltech.edu>,
- pvmason@cco.caltech.edu (Peter V. Mason) writes:
-
- >BTW, boneheads along the SP cut along Mission going east from LA
- >used to throw rocks at the trains. Since they were about eye-to-eye
- >with the cabs, they managed to prang a couple of engineers. Does this
- >happen elsewhere?
-
- Sadly, yes. There are people out there that actively hate railroads.
-
- When the SP reopened the Coast Route to freight traffic, someone
- heaved a brick into the Engineer's side, putting glass in his face,
- on a train heading north towards San Jose.
-
- Unfortunately its so common that the crews usually only report
- it when its "pretty bad."
-
- Shopping cart debris have hung up on Caltrain equipment and
- tripped the dragger at mp 28.2 "Stop the Train! Stop the Train!
- Dragging Equipment."
-
- --Steven
-