Byrdie posted:Kent Loudon posted:And another valid reason CSX doesn't allow steam on its property!
What an absolutely absurd statement. Ridiculous at its core. An argument could be made that a steam train attracts more viewers and increases the risk but the truth is that there are many people of compromised intelligence attracted to trains and not just steam. These accidents are going to continue to happen no matter the power source.
Well sorry but, I totally disagree with your post. You may not be in the real railroad business to actually witness the thousands and thousand of average people that come out to watch and photograph ANY main line steam operation. Conversely, the vast majority of the public wouldn't walk across the street to watch an average freight train pass.
To be blunt, the subject woman would not have even been there standing on the ties, if it were not for UP 844 pulling that fancy CFD passenger train.
