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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
...
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.
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
...
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.
