As seen on WSBT22 TV tonight.
http://www.wsbt.com/news/7908017.html
Train's horn reportedly ignored.
When officers arrived, they found 19-year-old Charles Vanlue lying between the southern tracks about 175 feet east of the crossing. The eastbound Canadian Pacific train was able to stop just past Delorenzi Avenue, about 1,700 feet from where Vanlue was found
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As signmaster had written:rsinoms wrote:is that crossing in a Quiet Zone? Quiet zones are stupid and should be prohibited
My guess...probably not a quiet zone.Train's horn reportedly ignored.
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I agree with rsinoms on quiet zones, but I don't think this was in one. I seen a video once where two people walk around a the end of a passing train into the path of a train on second track and that's what happen here. We think we are going to let things cool down over there before we go railfanning over there again. Maybe we will send Zack to test the waters if that's ok with him.rsinoms wrote:is that crossing in a Quiet Zone? Quiet zones are stupid and should be prohibited
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Just to play devil's advocate.. if there were more quiet zones, and people didn't hear horns in the background on a regular basis, then when they are used for warning, people would be more apt to pay attention (if nothing else, then just reflexively). I sometimes wonder about the efficacy of trains blaring on the horns whenever I drive near a crossing, and whether I would actually be able to hear horns in time to stop, and whether I wouldn't see a crossing light or headlight first. On the other hand, I think I just used too many commas.