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Originally Posted by Oh Haha
We have tracks that run through our town, 3 intersections to be exact. The policy is 2 long, 1 short, and 1 long when approaching crossings. We hear them 3 times when they rumble through.
Wife's uncle retired from CSX so he's my guy for all things train related. He used to be an accident investigator and traveled all over to assist with derailments.
EDIT: If I was a train engineer I would have fun with the horn if possible. It's got to be sort of boring sometimes.
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When I was a commercial photographer working in Alabama one of the fun jobs to shoot (for me) was a intersection where a train had hit a 18 wheeler hauling a load of raw cotton right from the pickers. It was several months after the crash and the cotton balls were still everywhere.
The train met me at the intersection. I got on the engine and stood next to the engineer. We backed up one mile and I shot photos of the view from the train. He uncoupled from the freight cars and we moved forward to 3/4 then 1/2 the 1/4 mile. He pulled to the intersection and I shot pictures of the train itself and then we were done. He backed up, hooked up and went on the route.
I was amazed how fast the train engine could get moving with no load to pull. It was cool to get to go up on the train were no one but train employees normally go. Since the attorney for the RR hired us I got to go.