A railfan and rail history afficianato, this guy should have known better than to put himself and others at rish…and he paid the ultimate price…hopefully this incident will be a lesson to others…RIP:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/27/north.carolina.ghost.train/index.html?hpt=T2
Not so sure about that, Jim–A train “turning the corner” might have taken me by surprise, too! [;)]
With all due respect to you and to the deceased…EXPECT A TRAIN ON ANY TRACK AT ANY TIME is always the best advice. These people were out on a single track trestle and had no way of getting off when a train came…luckily all but two made it by running back where they came from. Yes Carl, any of us could have been suprised by a train turning a corner, but they should not have been on the bridge in the first place.
After reading the article, this looked like it was ghost hunters who were aware of the local legend which happened to involve a train wreck. Around Halloween, the local police keep an eye open for ghost hunters at a nearby cemetery which is part of a prominent local ghost story (Resurrection Mary).
You’ll get no argument from me on that, Jim! Had the article been written a little better, I might have just shaken my head at their carelessness and stupidity. Instead, I was snickering besides. I lost it at the line toward the end: “…died instantly upon impact with a broken neck.”
I didn’t catch the part about being a railfan from this article. Was there something else I missed?
I just noticed Sam’s post–same incident, far better story!
Jim;
This just proves great minds travel similar PATHS! [:-^]
Now if it had been you, me, and Paul North–THAT would have been scary![alien]
But that is another story…[:-^][:D]
Sounds like a good place for an Annual Slow Order.
But why didn’t ANYBODY hear it coming???/
I’m sorry, but you, Carl and Paul would not walk out on any trestle for any reason other than saving a life.
I can’t see any of you three being that careless.
…I know we humans panic in many situations, and probably this is one of them…But viewing the video, it seems possible a person might have escaped by laying down flat parallel to the track and outside of the tie ends…Looks to be just enough room, and it sloops down giving a bit more clearance.
I am sorry for the victims, and their families.
And of course we all know no one should be on the bridge at anytime except RR employees.
Many (more than 50, I’m sure) years ago, a brakeman working for SP gave me some advice I have held on to all that time, which was to hit the ground if I got too close to a moving train. Reflecting on that advice, I realize it might not always save me, but it would increase the prospect of survival. A little later, I realized that not getting close to a moving train was an even better strategy.