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Posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Mon Feb 8 19:37:27 2010 From Trains Magazine News Wire......Engineer found shot to death beside tracks Published: Monday, February 08, 2010 EUGENE, Ore. — Portland & Western Railroad engineer Ronald Leo Langlois, 44, was found shot to death early Sunday. Langlois and his conductor were making switching moves, and when Langlois didn't respond to a radio call, the conductor investigated and found his body. Police are investigating the death as a homicide. How sad, man!! :-( I can imagine the danger faced by the CSX guys switching Hunts Point Market after hours, or the New York & Atlantic guys in Bushwick and down the Bay Ridge Branch, or working CSAO Newark (Oak Island) area locals in NJ!! Really sad, man!! :-( |
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Posted by arnine on Mon Feb 8 20:15:49 2010, in response to Engineer Found Shot To Death in Eugene, OR, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Mon Feb 8 19:37:27 2010. Extremely sad :( My thoughts are with his family, co-workers and friends and to the poor c/r who discovered him. |
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Posted by Dutchrailnut on Mon Feb 8 20:37:58 2010, in response to Re: Engineer Found Shot To Death in Eugene, OR, posted by arnine on Mon Feb 8 20:15:49 2010. weird thing is , the engineer was found not in engine but further down train.So did he know his assailant or did he confront some people. Normally the engineer does not leave the Engine, unless its with crew to get lunch or dinner. |
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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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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 21:15:17 2010, in response to Engineer Found Shot To Death in Eugene, OR, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Mon Feb 8 19:37:27 2010. Here is the news story on KMTR in Eugene, OR!!KMTR News Story |
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Posted by Broadway Lion on Mon Feb 8 22:33:27 2010, in response to Engineer Found Shot To Death in Eugene, OR, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Mon Feb 8 19:37:27 2010. Maybe his train was blocking the crossing somewhere.ROAR |
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Re: Engineer Found Shot To Death in Eugene, OR |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Mon Feb 8 22:36:01 2010, in response to Re: Engineer Found Shot To Death in Eugene, OR, posted by Broadway Lion on Mon Feb 8 22:33:27 2010. That sounds like a possibility. We have a crossing at US 41 and Causeway, and tempers flare when people have to wait to long. |
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Posted by G1Ravage on Tue Feb 9 02:28:55 2010, in response to Re: Engineer Found Shot To Death in Eugene, OR, posted by LuchAAA on Mon Feb 8 22:36:01 2010. And if they shot the engineer with the train fouling the road, then there's nobody to move it. :-p |
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Re: Engineer Found Shot To Death in Eugene, OR |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Tue Feb 9 03:20:53 2010, in response to Re: Engineer Found Shot To Death in Eugene, OR, posted by G1Ravage on Tue Feb 9 02:28:55 2010. That's not funny. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Tue Feb 9 03:21:14 2010, in response to Re: Engineer Found Shot To Death in Eugene, OR, posted by Broadway Lion on Mon Feb 8 22:33:27 2010. No. |
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Posted by arnine on Tue Feb 9 05:12:52 2010, in response to Re: Engineer Found Shot To Death in Eugene, OR, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Mon Feb 8 21:02:40 2010. Yes, I have seen that too. But, I suspect that DRN may be right because if he was confronting someome wouldn't he have alert the others on radio? Also, wouldn't a commotion have made the others hear and be alert? Just thinking. Don't know how far all were to each other but just seems like he probably knew the person and that was when he went down and got it :( |
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Posted by arnine on Tue Feb 9 05:15:53 2010, in response to Re: Engineer Found Shot To Death in Eugene, OR, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Mon Feb 8 21:15:17 2010. that's a lot of info |
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Posted by Fred G on Tue Feb 9 06:50:44 2010, in response to Engineer Found Shot To Death in Eugene, OR, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Mon Feb 8 19:37:27 2010. Maybe it was an angry husband or the guy owed the wrong guy money.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by piyer on Tue Feb 9 06:51:33 2010, in response to Engineer Found Shot To Death in Eugene, OR, posted by Train Man Paul : Metro-North's Best Conductor FOR ALL 3 LINES!!! on Mon Feb 8 19:37:27 2010. Curious.... it seems that the intersection given in the news report (the KTMR website, that is) leads us to Dane Security Systems, Inc. whose website is, even more curious, currently suspended. Perhaps the train crew was in the wrong place at the wrong time and the engineer saw something that cost him his life. |
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