https://www.posetteforever.com/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=3131&p=38637#p38637
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leahman
Saturday, 16 February 2008, 12:57 AM

Re: Today In My Workplace...
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Perhaps I missed what happened 
but it seems to me   that while some SUVs (like the Caddy) are huge,  
this accident wouldn't happen here, because   trains  are not allowed 
on the streets with cars and busses.  
Hitting the TRAIN what was  'so bad, and hurt so many people and no SUV 
is close to the weight of a TRAIN.

We had them on the city streets  years ago, 
and while cities like New Orleans
still have  single car   trolly trains
they are seperated from the traffic 
so no cars/busses can get into  them.
WEIGHT  really matters.   Car vs. Bus the car looses
Bus vs. Train  the Bus looses.   Tormie  'tis  very bad to hit a car, 
and you could  'loose your job
but hit a TRAIN, and you're apt to loose  -a lot more than your job...
I'm the first male in my family in a century -NOT to work on the RR
though I love trains.      But I've also seen when a train derails 
in the middle of a town at 100 mph.  
Trains need to be  APART from everything else.