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Re: Engineer Found Shot To Death in Eugene, OR |
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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Mon Feb 8 21:02:40 2010, in response to Re: Engineer Found Shot To Death in Eugene, OR, posted by Dutchrailnut on Mon Feb 8 20:37:58 2010. I would lean towards a confrontation with someone, more than likely a trespasser.In my time, I have worked with one engineer who, indeed, stopped a train to confront a trespasser, or in our case, a group of trespassers on the right of way east of CP 235 and were fouling Track 5 (New Canaan) as we headed up the New Canaan Branch. While I agree with his outrage and reasoning, and having observed the scene from my operating position, what he did was very risky and pretty stupid considering if one of these guys had a firearm, the scene could definitely have taken a tragic turn, especially since it was very tense and quite a bit of hostility was present, and this engineer's level of vulgarity and attitude was kind of borderline out of line!! |
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