by B&M 1227
Not that anyone here trespasses on railroad property, because they don't. Nor do they stand in or near the gauge for the shot, because no one here is guilty of that. But I think the obligatory "expect a train on any track at any time" should come up sooner rather than later.
I don't doubt that you got the heads up from the engineer that SEPO has exclusive authority on the Worcester main, or that the G&U doesn't run on weekends. The NYSW Utica incident is a fresh enough reminder that things can go from normal to very bad in an instant. All it takes is some intrepid young teenager popping the brake wheel, and you have a 131 ton plastic pellet hopper careening down a mile of street running, over a state highway, and into Utica Station claiming a NYC 0-6-0 as a victim but amazingly no human injury. And then there are stories of kicking cars onto a poorly secured cut of cars (Rotterdam Jct), or miscommunications resulting in no handbrakes, ultimately leading to free rolling unsupervised equipment.
So, it's been said. Be safe. Yeah, we're all good at finding trains, but please don't be in the foul of equipment, even on that rusty siding that only gets a car every 6 months.
I don't doubt that you got the heads up from the engineer that SEPO has exclusive authority on the Worcester main, or that the G&U doesn't run on weekends. The NYSW Utica incident is a fresh enough reminder that things can go from normal to very bad in an instant. All it takes is some intrepid young teenager popping the brake wheel, and you have a 131 ton plastic pellet hopper careening down a mile of street running, over a state highway, and into Utica Station claiming a NYC 0-6-0 as a victim but amazingly no human injury. And then there are stories of kicking cars onto a poorly secured cut of cars (Rotterdam Jct), or miscommunications resulting in no handbrakes, ultimately leading to free rolling unsupervised equipment.
So, it's been said. Be safe. Yeah, we're all good at finding trains, but please don't be in the foul of equipment, even on that rusty siding that only gets a car every 6 months.
Did we ever hear a music sweeter than the one that thrills, as it floats along the Deerfield, as it echoes o'er the hills.-E. A. Fitch
How we watch that little engine as it stalks across the plain; was there ever music sweeter, was there ever sight completer, than the coming of the train?