08-30-2009, 11:52 AM
eightyeightfan1 Wrote:I also have a funny feeling that the families might sue Amtrak cause the engineer "Did nothing to avoid the tragic occurrence".
We all know the engineer couldn't do a damn thing to avoid it, except grit his teeth and throw it into emergency stop. But I have a funny feeling, that's whats going to ensue.
Yep. As if a multi-ton train that can't go anywhere else except for the rails its riding on can do anything about it. The gates were down, and several passengers noted that the horn was sounded at every crossing. There's nothing else that can be done.
A lawsuit is almost inevitable these days, as if it's the railroad's fault for having tracks there in the first place.
Tony