(I heard this from the Dad who--sadly--is no longer around to verify this story.) Years ago, Day One of motorman training for a NYC-area commuter railroad went something like this: The instructor walked in, and introduced himself. He then mentioned to the new employees that, over the course of 20 years, they WILL kill someone with their train; not "maybe", or "possibly"...:"WILL". He then told them that he was going to step out for five minutes; anybody who wasn't okay with that could leave; he would continue the training for those that remained when he walked back in. To be certain, that's a pretty rough way to start off one's career, but the trainer certainly want to take his students unaware.
I know a guy that work for NS for years He's retired now and I talked to him quite a bit and sometimes we talk about his career and some of the shit that he's seen out on the rails and I asked him once a long time ago has he ever hit anyone with his train and he said I have hit animals and I have hit or side swiped a person. I asked him more about that and he says it's a horrible feeling knowing that you're going to kill this person and you can't do anything about it he says the conductor was on the horn entire time he said that they went into emergency and stopped about a mile down the track and please showed up and the conductor and engineer were taken off the engine and put in the back of squad cars and then they were taken to some place where they drug tested and alcohol tested them and he said that's the norm when you involve a train and people because they want to make damn sure that it wasn't anything that the crew could have done this to avoid this but in my opinion I don't know what the crew could have done trains don't stop on a dime it takes time he says it sticks with you. He went on to retire from NS.
@@usa_rail_productions It might seem very rough at first glance, but I can only imagine how infinitely rougher it would be to kill someone with your train, in spite of doing everything you can to prevent it.
Judging by the clothing they were wearing they may be a group that does not get out much like the Amish, and were unaware of the danger. The guy with the camera thou is a puzzler as Amish don't use modern cameras.
I'm thinking that they were Mennonite. To be certain, the Mennonites seem strict to most Christian denominations, but they seem a little more modern and/or lax than the Amish. That being said...no matter what denomination they are, they MUST have seen trains rolling down the tracks.
There's another group that dresses like that and has cars(likely cameras too), Dunkard. What kind of family memories can you capture on a railroad track? Just asking. 🤷
Not being mean or sarcastic but at least we all know now exactly what kind of Diesel Electric that could have possibly cleanly severed the legs off one of those braindead kids. Just a thought.
Obviously railroad tracks are dangerous, and should generally be avoided, _however_ those tracks would have been singing for at least 1-2 minutes before that high-speed train arrived, so knowing that, anyone should have _ample_ time to get off the tracks before the train reaches you.
As a NSW Trainslink driver, inter city, I've had 1 fatality and so many close calls. The halfwits I have yelled at to not trespass, only to be told to !@#$ off, I can do what I want, is a normal response. I told one you Darwin candidate what would happen if he were hit by a train, his response was, that's so dark dude. Of course he that he knew better. In some locations, I slow down to give me a few extra seconds of reaction time for this type of scenario.
