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Re: KTLA CONFIRMS: Re: Metrolink engineer texting with railfans |
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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun Sep 14 16:10:27 2008, in response to Re: KTLA CONFIRMS: Re: Metrolink engineer texting with railfans, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Sep 13 22:07:22 2008. When I was a teenager I lived on Long Island (in the late '70s/early '80s!), but rode the LIRR every day to the Stevenson School on CPW. I got to know many of the LIRR crews, and used to talk with the engineers all the way into the city. One fine morning, I was at the RFW on an M-1 train talking with the E/R when we approached Woodside, a scheduled stop, at the MAS. I asked the E/R, "Hey, aren't we supposed to stop at Woodside?" "Oh Sh*t!" He crashed on the air and only overshot the platform by about six cars...everybody had to walk back to get off the train.That was all the tutelage I needed about distracting T/O's or E/Rs while operating...I never did find out how badly the E/R got chewed out for that one, poor man. But he continued to be friendly with me, and from that day on, we BOTH looked out for stations VERY carefully... |
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