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George B Vieto
@Deepizzaguy (122132)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
11 May 25
Everett Animal Control officers answered an emergency call from employees at the Encore Casino on Wednesday April 23 when a small dog was seen wandering on the railroad tracks behind the casino.
The animal control officers had a...
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George B Vieto
@Deepizzaguy (122132)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
31 Aug 23
Even though this story happened in June 2022 in Chicago Illinois at a train station, the actions of Anthony Perry, 20, who was waiting for an elevated train to take him to visit his grandfather to look at an auto that Anthony was...
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
12 Jul 23
The flooding in Vermont has been devastating, especially in the Town of Ludlow near the Okemo Mountain Ski Resort.
The link below shows a new gorge created by flash flood waters. Yes, these were active tracks.
The rest of the...
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George B Vieto
@Deepizzaguy (122132)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
27 Nov 22
Rodney Daniel who was working as a volunteer at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta Georgia saw his chance to save the lives of several persons whose auto was trapped on railroad tracks last Saturday evening who would...
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George B Vieto
@Deepizzaguy (122132)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
4 Nov 22
A family who lives in Philadelphia who was in the company of a cat named Edgar escaped from a carrier at the subway station on Sunday night was in danger of being hit by a subway had a Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society (PAWS))...
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George B Vieto
@Deepizzaguy (122132)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
5 Apr 22
Two Metro North employees are being thanked by the owner of a dog that ran onto the train tracks near the Old Greenwich station in New York about 15 days ago when they saw the man who was chasing his dog on the railroad tracks...
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George B Vieto
@Deepizzaguy (122132)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
2 Jul 20
A 44 year old woman is thankful that a stranger who was at the 15th Street subway station in Philadelphia jumped off of the subway platform to save the woman from being hit by a subway before it arrived.
After the stranger...
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Steve Helmer
@srhelmer (7047)
• Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
20 Sep 16
Same photo (maybe not the exact same spot but close) a short time later after the sun finally fought its way through. It's pretty fantastic just how much of a difference that makes in such a short amount of time.
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Steve Helmer
@srhelmer (7047)
• Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
20 Sep 16
I stood on the train tracks and took this photo to show the visibility (good thing there wasn't a train coming). I was standing maybe about a foot or two behind where the photo starts.
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Steve Helmer
@srhelmer (7047)
• Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
26 Aug 16
I mowed yesterday evening and, still a little sore, I decided to keep my walk relatively short this morning and mostly hung around the observation tower at Edgewater Park.
While up there, I took a photo straight down at the train...
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Steve Helmer
@srhelmer (7047)
• Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
10 Aug 16
Yes, I know how dangerous that could be (those trains don't slow down for anyone) and I'm sure I'd be trespassing on someone's private property at some point. But, it sure looks like it would be fun to do.
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marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
27 Aug 15
We are starting to hear more train whistles now that it is coming into the season of harvesting crops. Soon the corn and soy will be ready for harvest and then off to the railroad for delivery.
Something like that song that...
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SomeCowgirl
@SomeCowgirl (32189)
• United States
30 Sep 10
I just heard a train go by, something I haven't heard in quite a long time. I love the sounds of trains, I think they are very interesting and it makes me think of the history I've learned and the fictional books I've read that...
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CatsandDogs
@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
2 May 09
I do and I LOVE it!! Ever since I was a little girl, my granddaddy used to take me and my two brothers to the train tracks and watch as a train goes by. I don't know how he knew but he knew the schedules and would take us. Back...
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sedel1027
@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
28 Feb 08
There is an article in today's news about a woman who unexpectedly gave birth in India. She was using the restroom and the baby was delivered and fell through the open hole in the toilet. So far the police are not charging the...
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tiffiny
@tiffiny (872)
• United States
13 Dec 07
Do you actually play WITH you child(ren) or FOR them? Today my son wanted me to put together a train track with him and I love to do that stuff becuase him asserting hs independance has already started so I've gotta hold on to...
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raychill
@raychill (6525)
• United States
16 Aug 07
There is this thing people seem to do when driving over train tracks that I just can't seem to understand. It's not the whole "lifting your feet" while driving over them or holding your breath while passing a cemetary kind of...
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