AMTRAK-P42
Conductor
Just wanted to share with you what I saw on my way home from school today.
I was on Lenox rd. (Bill, you might be familiar with this crossing), its a busy CSX line that runs right into the main yard here in Atlanta. I was the third car in line as the crossing gates began to go down. Almost immediately I heard the horn, so I put the brake on and stepped outside to grab a photo, as I just happened to have my camera with me. After about 20 seconds, I noticed the person in front of me getting very ancy in their car, throwing up their hands, etc. They decided they had enough, and they pulled out around the 1st car in line, and sped towards the crossing gates that were fully down. They swerved around the crossing gates, and the next thing I knew, the engineer had his horn blasting. Within 2 seconds of the bumper clearing the crossing gate, the lead unit shot by. Everyone in line had put their hands over their eyes, as we were almost certain it was a reck.
Wow, close call!
:blink:
I was on Lenox rd. (Bill, you might be familiar with this crossing), its a busy CSX line that runs right into the main yard here in Atlanta. I was the third car in line as the crossing gates began to go down. Almost immediately I heard the horn, so I put the brake on and stepped outside to grab a photo, as I just happened to have my camera with me. After about 20 seconds, I noticed the person in front of me getting very ancy in their car, throwing up their hands, etc. They decided they had enough, and they pulled out around the 1st car in line, and sped towards the crossing gates that were fully down. They swerved around the crossing gates, and the next thing I knew, the engineer had his horn blasting. Within 2 seconds of the bumper clearing the crossing gate, the lead unit shot by. Everyone in line had put their hands over their eyes, as we were almost certain it was a reck.
Wow, close call!
:blink: