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[plonq]

Every morning when I come to work, there are usually two or three service interruption messages in my inbox.  They are usually talking about weather-related delays, yard congestion or minor derailments.

Today was no exception.  There were three minor delay notices which read in order:

Derailment
Fire Along Right-of-Way
Body on Right-of-Way

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Wait a minute, did they say "body"?  Usually I just file these reports without reading them, but I gave that one a closer look.  They were very sketchy with details, alas, but given the area where it happened it was probably a suicide by one means or another.  Still - ick.  What a thing to find out in the yard when you show up for work with your switch crew.  What's worse, in this industry when you find a body on your property, it's not always in one piece.

Comments

[funos.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. :(

It's akin to elevators. Accidents tend to be of the fatal and messy kind...
(fortunately they are very rare)

[mwalimu.livejournal.com]

Most people who dream of operating a train are probably not aware of one of the most difficult and stressful aspects of the job. Namely, that if you do it for very long, chances are you're going to be involved in a few train/vehicle accidents, which are often fatal for the vehicle occupants and sometimes gruesome.

[orleans.livejournal.com]

That's kinda scary. :O I guess you could get murders around rail yards too, as those places are usually dark and deserted.