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Posted by Easy on Fri Nov 6 20:00:17 2009 Father and son killed by a freight train in Fullerton Virgil Lamphier and his 23-year-old son, David, were struck late Wednesday while on their weekly walk to rebuild their relationship. A family member says they were not train-spotting. By Dana Parsons November 6, 2009 They'd been a father and son estranged -- going long periods barely speaking -- but who in recent months had begun the path to reconciliation on late-night walks to a nearby Fullerton train yard. Late Wednesday, however, Virgil Lamphier, 56, and his son, David, 23, were struck and killed by a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train as the pair walked the tracks about 11:15 p.m. What the two were doing on the tracks is still unclear. Authorities initially speculated that they had been train-spotting. But although many people are fascinated by trains and enjoy watching them roll through town, the Lamphiers weren't among them, said Summer Lamphier, the 27-year-old daughter of the older victim and sister of David Lamphier. She didn't recall them ever mentioning trains. Rather, she said, the tracks were merely a nearby destination for the pair's weekly nocturnal walks that allowed the men to talk about things both large and small. "It was like their bonding time," she said Thursday. "They'd go out and do that and reconnect. It wasn't to go to the train tracks. It was their space, their time. It had zero to do with the trains themselves." As she talked outside of the family home in Fullerton, she occasionally quaked with emotion, but spoke quietly and without tears. Inside, Bobbie Lamphier, Virgil Lamphier's wife and David Lamphier's mother, was too distraught to talk, her daughter said. Virgil Lamphier had left the family about 15 years ago, Summer Lamphier said. But he returned several months ago, and family members began working on repairing fractured relationships. The father-son wound was especially tender, she said. "My brother had a lot of hurt from Dad leaving the family," she said. "There were things my brother needed to get off his chest, so they'd go and try to make amends. Sometimes the talks were serious, sometimes just talking about how their days went. That's all it was. Dad would come home and say, 'David got a lot off his chest tonight,' or other times he'd say, 'We didn't really talk, we just walked together.' " Summer Lamphier credits her brother, who leaves behind a wife, Gerra, with reaching out to their father. "My brother is the kind of person who does anything for you," she said, still speaking of him in the present tense. " . . . He's so young; he's 23. He's such a good man already. Dad had hard times, but my brother took him back into the house. They were reconciling, trying to make that father-son bond." The two had been working for the same auto mechanics company in Fullerton. Both were laid off last week, Summer Lamphier said. About 11 p.m. Wednesday, Bobbie Lamphier texted her husband and asked when he and their son would be back. He told her it would be within the half-hour. When they didn't return, she drove to the area and was met by police. On Thursday morning, several family members had gathered at the Lamphier home. Emotions ran high. "It makes no sense at all," Summer Lamphier said. "It's like it's not real. I see on television that a father and son were killed by a train, and it's like I'm being told for the first time over and over. It's not real. It's not." dana.parsons@latimes.com Times staff writer My-Thuan Tran contributed to this report. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri Nov 6 20:14:57 2009, in response to Estranged father/son who bonded during long walks on tracks killed by train, posted by Easy on Fri Nov 6 20:00:17 2009. That sucks. :( |
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Posted by kp5308 on Fri Nov 6 20:18:18 2009, in response to Estranged father/son who bonded during long walks on tracks killed by train, posted by Easy on Fri Nov 6 20:00:17 2009. Wow... |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Sat Nov 7 18:11:42 2009, in response to Estranged father/son who bonded during long walks on tracks killed by train, posted by Easy on Fri Nov 6 20:00:17 2009. idiots |
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Posted by Grand Concourse on Sat Nov 7 19:19:56 2009, in response to Re: Estranged father/son who bonded during long walks on tracks killed by train, posted by kp5308 on Fri Nov 6 20:18:18 2009. Agreed.. |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Sat Nov 7 19:27:46 2009, in response to Estranged father/son who bonded during long walks on tracks killed by train, posted by Easy on Fri Nov 6 20:00:17 2009. Suicide |
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Posted by straphanger9 on Sun Nov 8 19:54:24 2009, in response to Estranged father/son who bonded during long walks on tracks killed by train, posted by Easy on Fri Nov 6 20:00:17 2009. that sucks...but find a better place next time.You're not going to "bond" on a tightrope over a bed of spikes set on fire so why bond on tracks... |
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Posted by daDouce Man on Sun Nov 8 21:27:07 2009, in response to Re: Estranged father/son who bonded during long walks on tracks killed by train, posted by straphanger9 on Sun Nov 8 19:54:24 2009. Father and son were likely both rail fans. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Sun Nov 8 21:43:00 2009, in response to Re: Estranged father/son who bonded during long walks on tracks killed by train, posted by daDouce Man on Sun Nov 8 21:27:07 2009. wrong again. read the f*****g article. geez. |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Nov 8 21:48:18 2009, in response to Re: Estranged father/son who bonded during long walks on tracks killed by train, posted by Terrapin Station on Sun Nov 8 21:43:00 2009. lol. I was just going to let it slide. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Sun Nov 8 22:02:18 2009, in response to Re: Estranged father/son who bonded during long walks on tracks killed by train, posted by Easy on Sun Nov 8 21:48:18 2009. no way, too funny to pass up |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Nov 8 22:16:31 2009, in response to Re: Estranged father/son who bonded during long walks on tracks killed by train, posted by Terrapin Station on Sun Nov 8 22:02:18 2009. It's the 5th sentence of the article. Hard to miss if you read it. Especially as a railfan that's what you're wondering to start with. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Sun Nov 8 22:31:34 2009, in response to Re: Estranged father/son who bonded during long walks on tracks killed by train, posted by Easy on Sun Nov 8 22:16:31 2009. it's really unbelievable. and he said earlier that he gives people, such a facebook friends and his nephew, advice. why don't those people stay as far away as possible? or maybe they just do the opposite of whatever he tells them? |
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Posted by caine515 on Sun Nov 8 22:47:09 2009, in response to Re: Estranged father/son who bonded during long walks on tracks killed by train, posted by Grand Concourse on Sat Nov 7 19:19:56 2009. ....speechless... |
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Posted by caine515 on Sun Nov 8 22:47:39 2009, in response to Re: Estranged father/son who bonded during long walks on tracks killed by train, posted by Grand Concourse on Sat Nov 7 19:19:56 2009. ....speechless...my dad passed away 11/6/01...wow... |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Sun Nov 8 22:53:56 2009, in response to Re: Estranged father/son who bonded during long walks on tracks killed by train, posted by daDouce Man on Sun Nov 8 21:27:07 2009. No; article says that family members said they weren't railfans. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Sun Nov 8 22:54:28 2009, in response to Re: Estranged father/son who bonded during long walks on tracks killed by train, posted by Terrapin Station on Sun Nov 8 21:43:00 2009. Go have a stroke and let's see how well you read. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Sun Nov 8 22:55:49 2009, in response to Re: Estranged father/son who bonded during long walks on tracks killed by train, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Nov 8 22:54:28 2009. 
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Posted by Olog-hai on Sun Nov 8 23:02:54 2009, in response to Re: Estranged father/son who bonded during long walks on tracks killed by train, posted by Terrapin Station on Sun Nov 8 22:55:49 2009. This your way of saying you don't know what I'm talking about, or everyone knows you're a lowlife for arguing with a stroke victim . . . ? |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Sun Nov 8 23:03:43 2009, in response to Re: Estranged father/son who bonded during long walks on tracks killed by train, posted by Catfish 44 on Sat Nov 7 19:27:46 2009. Nope. |
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Posted by Train Dude on Sun Nov 8 23:06:00 2009, in response to Re: Estranged father/son who bonded during long walks on tracks killed by train, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Nov 8 23:02:54 2009. pwn3d |
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Posted by Broadway Lion on Sun Nov 8 23:10:32 2009, in response to Re: Estranged father/son who bonded during long walks on tracks killed by train, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Nov 8 23:02:54 2009. What in the world is that. You'd better make is smaller so that it fits on the screen.ROAR |
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Posted by daDouce Man on Mon Nov 9 03:46:32 2009, in response to Re: Estranged father/son who bonded during long walks on tracks killed by train, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Nov 8 22:53:56 2009. I read that part.Maybe they were looking for something to do together and decided walking on the roadbed was something they could agree on. |
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Posted by daDouce Man on Mon Nov 9 03:51:05 2009, in response to Re: Estranged father/son who bonded during long walks on tracks killed by train, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Nov 8 23:02:54 2009. Sometimes I have a feeling Brian is on his way to having a stroke.Reposts, writing in CAPS, typos ect. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Mon Nov 9 04:37:15 2009, in response to Re: Estranged father/son who bonded during long walks on tracks killed by train, posted by daDouce Man on Mon Nov 9 03:51:05 2009. I don't wish it on him, but if he does, I doubt he'll handle it as well as you do, WADR. |
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Posted by daDouce Man on Mon Nov 9 04:53:40 2009, in response to Re: Estranged father/son who bonded during long walks on tracks killed by train, posted by Olog-hai on Mon Nov 9 04:37:15 2009. I don't either.But I hope he has one of those moments where he'll wonder if he's close to having one. Besides the "Reposts, writing in CAPS, typos ect.", I forgot to mention waking up over night to the sound of a crying baby. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Mon Nov 9 06:40:15 2009, in response to Re: Estranged father/son who bonded during long walks on tracks killed by train, posted by daDouce Man on Mon Nov 9 03:46:32 2009. no you didn't |
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Posted by daDouce Man on Mon Nov 9 09:36:52 2009, in response to Re: Estranged father/son who bonded during long walks on tracks killed by train, posted by Terrapin Station on Mon Nov 9 06:40:15 2009. Unless you were there, you wouldn't know either. |
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Posted by Terrapin Station on Mon Nov 9 09:43:00 2009, in response to Re: Estranged father/son who bonded during long walks on tracks killed by train, posted by daDouce Man on Mon Nov 9 09:36:52 2009. huh? you did not read that part of the article. you are lying. you made a dumb statement because you did not read the article before posting. |
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Posted by Broadway Lion on Mon Nov 9 10:34:01 2009, in response to Re: Estranged father/son who bonded during long walks on tracks killed by train, posted by Terrapin Station on Mon Nov 9 09:43:00 2009. Yawn....Who cares. No go back to sleep. ROAR |
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Posted by TheCiskoKid on Mon Nov 9 12:11:43 2009, in response to Re: Estranged father/son who bonded during long walks on tracks killed by train, posted by Broadway Lion on Sun Nov 8 23:10:32 2009. I'm beginning to believe that it is like his ego; very over inflated. |
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