[Amendment10]

"Trains can't stop quickly or swerve. The average freight train is about 1 to 1¼ miles in length (90 to 120 rail cars). When it's moving at 55 miles an hour, it can take a mile or more to stop after the locomotive engineer fully applies [emphases added] the emergency brake. An 8-car passenger train moving at 80 miles an hour needs about a mile to stop. …” —Minnesota Safety Council, TRAIN AND TRACK SAFETY: STOPPING DISTANCE.

[cyclotic]

About 30 years ago I knew a retired train engineer. He began his career with first generation Diesel engines.

I asked him how he felt if he hit anyone. He told me that he lost count of how many cars and people he hit. He was a strong Christian and told me that the reality is that anyone ever hit by a train is at fault. He can’t do anything to prevent the inevitable.