FunNut
Service Attendant
I live part-time near Rowe NM. This article is in this evening's online edition of the local Santa Fe paper.
http://www.santafene...illed-by-train-
I cross over this track every single time I drive to town (to pick up my mail at the Rowe post office or go to nearby Pecos or Santa Fe), a couple of times a week. There are several dirt roads that cross the track, the village is small and the track runs right down the middle of the little community. We are very very careful when we drive across this track, the only train traffic is the daily SW Chief, one in each direction. We always make a full stop at the crossing (which has lights but no gates) no matter what time of day it is, and look both ways, since we know the trains could be off schedule. The trains in both directions pass Rowe at about 2pm daily, I would think that everyone in the village would know this. The train sounds the horn almost continuously as it passes through the village, usually at a speed I would guess to be 50 mph.
It's truly stupefying that this teenager was running right on the track at 2pm in the afternoon. I'm at a loss for words. This is the third tragedy to hit this area in the past two weeks. Just a few days ago a toddler was killed a few miles away when she was ejected from the car as it rolled over on the interstate, obviously she was not restrained in a car seat. And prior to that a local man kidnapped his wife and child, then got in a shoot-out with the police and committed suicide - at least that's the conclusion as of now.
My heart goes out to the family and friends of this teen girl, and to the engineer and first responders. We know many of the local responders since we are members of the local volunteer fire department.
http://www.santafene...illed-by-train-
I cross over this track every single time I drive to town (to pick up my mail at the Rowe post office or go to nearby Pecos or Santa Fe), a couple of times a week. There are several dirt roads that cross the track, the village is small and the track runs right down the middle of the little community. We are very very careful when we drive across this track, the only train traffic is the daily SW Chief, one in each direction. We always make a full stop at the crossing (which has lights but no gates) no matter what time of day it is, and look both ways, since we know the trains could be off schedule. The trains in both directions pass Rowe at about 2pm daily, I would think that everyone in the village would know this. The train sounds the horn almost continuously as it passes through the village, usually at a speed I would guess to be 50 mph.
It's truly stupefying that this teenager was running right on the track at 2pm in the afternoon. I'm at a loss for words. This is the third tragedy to hit this area in the past two weeks. Just a few days ago a toddler was killed a few miles away when she was ejected from the car as it rolled over on the interstate, obviously she was not restrained in a car seat. And prior to that a local man kidnapped his wife and child, then got in a shoot-out with the police and committed suicide - at least that's the conclusion as of now.
My heart goes out to the family and friends of this teen girl, and to the engineer and first responders. We know many of the local responders since we are members of the local volunteer fire department.
