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Frank's avatar

MOTHERFUCKER, MIKE!

I walk my dogs near that trestle!

There is a guy who sits in a shack just on the other side of that slough or whatever it is. When he rotates the trestle, he flips the (D)erail level on his side, and then walks the quarter mile west and flips the other derail so the train can pass. The nightime run goes west around 8pm and then returns around midnight.

Did someone forget to flip the derail? Lots of human activity with the casino and RV park, plus it's really close to beautiful downtown Anacortes, so the train is never going very fast.

I talked to the operator on January 28th. Young guy, friendly and seemed pretty on-the-ball.

EDIT: Yep, the derailleur got it! Either the trestle hadn't swung yet and the train got too close, or the trestle operator didn't flip the derailleur! Regardless, the engineer should have seen the large, reflective 'D' on the switch flag and stopped the train. Simple shit really! Cognitive decay maybe?

https://www.anacortesnow.com/news/community-news/5005-train-derailed-on-swinomish-reservation

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Khallas's avatar

I have a friend who is a conductor for BNSF in MT. He's been keeping me apprised of employment problems, inefficiency, and greed related to these companies since Covid. Ripe for bribery. They would do anything for money, and personally I think they've sold out to Deep State schemes.

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