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Amtrak/Santa Fe Boy · (This post was last modified: 10-15-2011 06:24 PM by Amtrak/Santa Fe Boy.)

Quote:Metrolink Facebook's Page:
Attention: Union Pacific Freight train struck a person near Lancaster. AV Line Trains 207/216 will be affected. Working on getting buses.

And the other:

Quote:Metrolink Facebook's Page:
Metrolink train 301 struck a person West of the Rancho Cucamonga stations. Metrolink is working on sending buses to provide alternative transportation to passengers. Expect major delays, updates to follow.

Geez,four train fatalities in the past two weeks...
-Amtrak/Santa Fe Boy

SP4449 · 10-14-2011, 02:44 PM

My thoughts and prayers go out to all the families involved.

wCRv · 10-14-2011, 03:13 PM

Looks like Operation Lifesaver was a bust!

MikeF · 10-14-2011, 03:50 PM

Quote:Metrolink Facebook's Page:
Metrolink train 301 struck a person West of the Rancho Cucamonga stations. Metrolink is working on sending buses to provide alternative transportation to passengers. Expect major delays, updates to follow.

This one looks like suicide-by-train (link).
My condolences to the train crew and the family of the trespasser.

orange choo choo · (This post was last modified: 10-14-2011 04:15 PM by orange choo choo.)

So many people lacking common sense, I feel bad for the engineers and the decedents' families.

Do the engineers get some type of counseling and how effective is it? I'm sure if I was an engineer who struck someone through no fault of my own I would still be traumatised. I suppose I would close my eyes or look away at the time of impact so I wouldn't have any traumatizing images burned into my retinas.

SP4449 · (This post was last modified: 10-14-2011 04:51 PM by SP4449.)

What would scare me the most from an engineer's standpoint is the idea if someone driving a school bus loaded with children with the driver trying to beat the train because I do work with kids.

orange choo choo · 10-14-2011, 05:17 PM

(10-14-2011 04:49 PM)SP4449 Wrote: What would scare me the most from an engineer's standpoint is the idea if someone driving a school bus loaded with children with the driver trying to beat the train because I do work with kids.

Reminds me of the haunted San Antonio train crossing that I just ran across yesterday on youtube.

Jaanfo · 10-14-2011, 07:24 PM

You don't see much, but it's the sound and smell that gets to you... Yes, most Railroads offer time off and counciling for incidents.

wCRv · 10-14-2011, 07:43 PM

I couldn't imagine what a crew must be feeling in those situations. I guess you could rationalize and say it wasn't your fault (assuming it wasn't), but still. Ugh.

Robert Gift · (This post was last modified: 11-20-2011 10:45 AM by Robert Gift.)

(10-14-2011 02:30 PM)Amtrak/Santa Fe Boy Wrote: ... Metrolink is working on sending buses to provide alternative transportation to passengers. Expect major delays, updates to follow.

Instead, they make a huge problem for everyone out of it.

In EMS, I have retreived tissues and parts.
Evidence on the rail heads can be documented and removed.
The train can then leave and evidence on the ground will remain undisturbed.
So why hold the train?