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Old 07-03-2020, 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Topspinmo View Post
So does that thinking apply to trains also?
Definitely not.

A good friend of ours is a retired engineer, after over 40 years of running trains. He said that the last person who committed suicide by stepping in front of his train, just one of quite few in his career, was the deciding factor in him deciding to finally retire. He said it is such a helpless feeling knowing he couldn't do anything about it and that it would be at least a mile to stop the train, before he and the conductor could even get off and go back to check on the person.