lvrr325 wrote:She said she and her husband, Pete, knew that their Rogers Road home was next to train tracks when they moved in 40 years ago.
“When we moved here, there were only 20 trains a day,” she said. “Now they say there’s about 80, 90 trains a day.”
20 trains a day, there, in 1974? Between N&W and Penn Central both? That's utter crap.
Agreed 100%. Greater Buffalo was much more industrialized back in 1974. IIRC, the area had 11 steel mills until the early '80s. They alone would generate alot of traffic. Adding in the waterfront business, LV/N&W piggyback trains, other industries in greater Buffalo and the amount Northeastern manufacturing traffic in general, I'm guessing Rogers Road probably saw 80-100 trains back in 1974. BTW, freight cars were smaller back then, too.
sd80mac wrote:WHat do trespassing has to do with this topic thread? What more, engineers STILL CAN BLOW whisle when s/he see something not right and being not safe from her/his train.
Trespassers have everything to do with this topic, IMO. Of course, trespassers are committing an illegal act, but do they deserve to die? In some cases, they may be inebriated, listening to music or otherwise distracted. The more warnings, the better.
Anyone who has moved to Hamburg since the early 1880s (yes, 1880s) knows there are two active RR lines on the west side of town and a branchline/shortline going through the middle of town. The rocks goes with the farm. The NIMBYs get no sympathy from me.