Re: C&TSRR Locomotive 489. Engineer.

UPHogger Wrote:
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> Dave,
>
> I think it's great that people are allowed to
> wander about the yard in Chama, my point is that
> people need to be aware and reminded that
> it isn't a playground. People often tend to
> believe that if they are allowed to be somewhere
> that it's completely safe, it's not! Even at
> walking speed, getting hit by a locomotive and
> being knocked under it is going to make you just
> as dead as if it were moving at track speed. Lets
> face it, a lot of the people walking around that
> yard are, shall we say, less than agile , so it
> is even more imperative that they don't engage in
> high risk behavior. I'm sure the people there as
> volunteers are schooled on a regular basis about
> railroad safety, however I'm sure that the general
> public is not. In your video it seemed, on one
> occasion, the engineer had to stop and get someone
> to move to a safer location. What if he hadn't
> seen that guy or had looked away for just a
> moment? What about things that aren't being
> monitored, like a standing box car rolling out on
> it's own? Everyone moving around in that yard has
> to assume something like that can happen at any
> minute. I think it's great the yard is open to
> the general public, I'd just hate to see that
> going away because of one person who thought it
> was someone else's responsibility to watch out for
> their safety.
>
> Scott

You have expressed your opinion twice now. You are right folks need to be more aware and safer. IMHO you also are right about not wanting access to stop.