Re: Safety on Narrow Gauge railroads

rdamurphy Wrote:
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> I heard, through OLI sources, that the first
> accident involving an RTD light rail train was
> when one hit an RTD bus at grade... I used to
> have a picture of hte incident....
>
> Robert
>
> CharlieMcCandless Wrote:
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> > The first car that I hit with my light rail
> train
> > rolled through a left turn on red from a
> one-way
> > street onto a one-way street. The traffic was
> > clear from the right. I came from the left. She
> > was ticketed for taking the right-of-way, no
> valid
> > operator's license and no valid proof of
> > insurance. Not even the strong arm (local law
> > firm) could help her.

I don't know if it was the first but it was close. The bus operator saw a green on Colfax but missed seeing the red before that intersection. This was near my second collision. It was a hit-and-run. I hit and he ran. The next day he probably wondered where that large dent in his pickup came from.