Man Hit in Bound Brook

A good thing to remember: trains and railroads are very unforgiving things to be around.

I was in the cab of a DL&W passenger train that hit a car with three nurses in it near Boonton. The driver got out, but they didn't.

Made me respect all that metal and speed to this day. Simple things: never step on top of the rail, never put any body part between the points of a switch, etc., etc., etc.

pdman wrote:A good thing to remember: trains and railroads are very unforgiving things to be around.

I was in the cab of a DL&W passenger train that hit a car with three nurses in it near Boonton. The driver got out, but they didn't.

Made me respect all that metal and speed to this day. Simple things: never step on top of the rail, never put any body part between the points of a switch, etc., etc., etc.

I can imagine that that can be a very scary situation. I know I would be in a comotose like state for a few days after experiencing something like that.

What is a speeder? Is that like a go cart that rides on the rails?

Mwy0325 wrote:What is a speeder? Is that like a go cart that rides on the rails?

Yes.

http://community.webshots.com/photo/501 ... 1143Jhbzdm

(photographed at last year's CNJ Railroad Heritage Festival at Liberty State Park.

http://www.cnjfestival.com/index.html

What are speeders used for?

They were used for track inspections and to get track workers to work in remote sections of railroad. these days Hi-rail trucks are used for these tasks.

DutchRailnut wrote:They were used for track inspections and to get track workers to work in remote sections of railroad. these days Hi-rail trucks are used for these tasks.

Yep, and sometimes they'll just take a diesel. Like for example a week ago today, I saw 4106 going down the Gladstone stopping at signals so they could check them out.

Culling of the herd...

What is a speeder?

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P.S., my website has a 30 second or so video clip of taken from my speeder on a run. www.w2kb.org and look for the icon.