Chuck Walsh commented: > Anyway, what they should have done was gotten > someone from the E-L > to come in and tell the kids how dangerous it is, how you can > get killed, > but if you're stupid enough to walk on an active railroad > always be looking > behind you as well as in front of you. Now you're offering pure conjecture and opinion about "what an EL safety program should have been." Conjecture is interesting, to be sure, but I'd rather know, what did the EL do in terms of safety programs? We all know toward the end they went crazy with their "Safety First" logo on freight cars and locomotives, so they must have gotten on a safety kick (internally, at least) > I'm wondering if the > E-L had such a > program? I know we have Operation Lifesaver now but, correct > me if I'm > wrong, doesn't that focus on grade crossing safety rather > than safety on > the rest of the railroad? To the best of my knowledge, there were few, if any, safety programs back then. The reason is probably because people had more respect for railroads back then, whereas today they're perceived as a nuisance (and today's kids are less disciplined, IMHO) Regardless of all this, the original post was about a suicide death on NJT. NO EL RELEVANCE! If the question was "Did the EL ever have a safety program, a la Operation Lifesaver?", then I don't think people would have had a problem. That was the issue with the original post. - Paul The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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