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Maybe an hour ago, I was sitting here on the computer listening to my scanner, tuned onto the freqeuncies for CN's ex-GTW Elsdon Sub through Evergreen Park, IL. This line runs a few doors away from my house, and I had the scanner on for the specific purpose of hearing anything out of the ordinary happening due to people shooting off fireworks (and this is July 3rd). The railroad tracks seem to be considered "no man's land" around here, and often see fireworks lit on them. Soon after turning my scanner on, I heard a train slowly creep by, and then stop altogether. Sure enough, the engineer called the dispatcher and said that there was a small fire on the tracks which some guy had set (with a whole crowd of people around), and he was coming out to put it out but they didn't know how long it would be sitting there.
The train started moving again after ten minutes or so, but I began to ponder a deeper question for all of the railroad employees who read this forum. What is the dumbest thing you've seen people do on the 4th of July on or near the tracks? Knowing how people consume alcohol and then set them off, I'd almost be afraid to pilot a train through a heavily populated residential area.
The train started moving again after ten minutes or so, but I began to ponder a deeper question for all of the railroad employees who read this forum. What is the dumbest thing you've seen people do on the 4th of July on or near the tracks? Knowing how people consume alcohol and then set them off, I'd almost be afraid to pilot a train through a heavily populated residential area.
That old car might be worth money!