http://www.wmtw.com/Global/story.asp?S=1938290&nav=7k6rNstA [ 15. June 2004, 15:58: Message edited by: E-8 ]
Someone in the greater Denver area got hit...twice. I think he survived, but I couldn't find any links on the net....
It's sad to hear these kind of stories. Don't you think the everyday person would know that there are boundaries for RRs, and the side of a trestle(fishing) is definitely not one of them. I am sorry to hear that he has since passed away also. About the Denver guy... well, lets just say the title of that article is interesting and probably goes well with it...
Well, if that bridge was posted by it's private property owner, as most are, (unless vandals have defaced or removed the "no trespassing" signs), being on that site was a no-no. "No Trespassing" always means 24 hours a day. Regardless of train frequency, or infrequency. I've always looked at fishing to be for relaxation. While some species like to gather near man made structures, I like to get away from noise, hustle & bustle. Safely fishing where it's legal, or with the landowners permission. Boxcab E50 [ 15. June 2004, 19:14: Message edited by: BoxcabE50 ]
As a former resident of Maine, one of the problems is the infrequency of trains. He shouldn't have been there in the first place period, but folks tend to get lulled into the "there's hardly ever a train on these tracks" mentality that ends up killing them. On the branch line that literally ran through my backyard, the trains ran slow and made alot of noise for that very reason. I live in SoCal now, and on the branch that goes by my neighborhood, BNSF "generally" only runs the local late at night to avoid traffic complications, so most folks have never even seen a train on the rails, and think nothing of walking along the ROW or stopping on the tracks in spite of posted signs not to do so. But a few months ago one came through for some reason at 6pm and really stirred things up.
It's truely a shame when someone dies young, particularly when it was doing something that could have and should have been avoided.
