[Magdalen] Train accident

[Grace Cangialosi]

There were gates, but reports this morning say townspeople said they had been malfunctioning—sometimes stayed down for hours. If that were case, of course, the truck driver might well have been trying to go around.
A man with the safety organization says the investigation could take 12-14 months...   Now, that’s something I don’t understand.

> On Feb 1, 2018, at 5:08 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Yes, I meant no gates...wasn’t thinking about the lights. It’s a dangerous place at best.
> 
>> On Feb 1, 2018, at 12:30 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I only know what I have seen and heard on CNN.  It sounded to me from what someone said  that the road generally runs parallel to the tracks.  Then, from the view I saw, it fairly quickly veers across the tracks.  So, it seems to me that, if the trucker is happily barrelling along next to the train, he might suddenly find it is too late to avoid the crossing, working signals notwithstanding.
>> 
>> Marion, a pilgrim
>> 
>> 
>>> On 2/1/2018 11:05 AM, Jay Weigel wrote:
>>> According to both local news outlet websites I check (WHSV, Harrisonburg,
>>> which covers this side of Afton Mountain, and WRIC Richmond, which noted
>>> that the truck driver was from Louisa County), the crossing had *working*
>>> warning signals.
>>> 
>>>> On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 8:04 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> My mother would have said
>>>> “Impatience kills. And it makes you very bad in bed.”
>>>> God, I miss my mother.
>>>> 
>>>> Our local accidents often result from people walking on the tracks.
>>>> People taking shortcuts.
>>>> Tracks are clear when everything else is under snow.
>>>> -M
>>>> 
>>>> On Wednesday, January 31, 2018, cantor03--- via Magdalen <
>>>> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Back in the day when the Mesabi Iron Range was so very busy  there were
>>>>> frequent ore trains with a hundred or more cars.  Even my ordinarily
>>>>> cautious
>>>>> uncle used to attempt to beat the trains.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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