Amtrak engineer dragged off train, assaulted

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 4/17/7 | Michael Cabanatuan

[SmithL]

The engineer of an Amtrak Capitol Corridor train was seriously injured Monday night in West Sacramento after a group of people forced the train to stop, dragged the engineer from the train and assaulted him with rocks and bottles, according to Capitol Corridor officials.

The attack occurred as the train from the Bay Area neared the I Street Bridge to Sacramento's rail station and slowed for a signal, said Eugene Skoropowski, managing director of the Capitol Corridor, said. A group of people stood on the tracks to block the train, which stopped. When the engineer went downstairs and opened the door, he was dragged off the train and assaulted, Skoropowski said.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Possible motive?

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Just doing the assaults and batteries that Americans don’t want to do.

[politicalwit]

A group of people did stuff to other people. The end.

[Constantine XI Palaeologus]

Trust me, the windows are pretty secure.

[Constantine XI Palaeologus]

Sadly, Amtrak doesn’t allow firearms to be transported at all; even as luggage (unless I’ve read the rules at the station incorrectly).

Seems to me as they are subsidized with tax dollars they should be a public company with no say in the matter, but alas things are what they are.

[Sender]

Bling o plomo.

[kaehurowing]

This looks like a job for the Pinkerton Detective Agency.

[taxesareforever]

Punks in training.

[Porterville]

Well I remember reading a story a few years back about how Mexicans in the South West were blocking train tracks, then they would rush out and rob the products from the trains when they stopped.

I remember reading a story a few years back about a bunch of white guys who'd stop trains on their horsies or cars and force the bank vault open... Evil white guys... just evil... can you imagine being an evil white guy?

[AZLiberty]

Is this related to a recent trestle fire on that route? Are there people who want to shut down trains in Northern California for some political purpose?

[Buddy B]

West Sacramento train assault sparks probe

Sacramento Bee

In a separate incident, rock-throwing young men attacked another Capitol Corridor train Tuesday afternoon in Richmond. One of the rocks broke a window and injured an engineer.

[kaehurowing]

I do remember that one time when I was in Sacramento years ago on a business trip, on the news they was a bunch of protests because some train carrying nuclear waste was going through the town.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Naw, I’ve become old and nasty, like a wounded buffalo, I’d blow the horn and pull the throttle. I’ll bet they’d jump!

[daybreakcoming]

I just emailed Michael Cabanatuan, the author of blurb with questions about this ‘find the missing puzzle piece’.

[dr_lew]

That was then. This is now.

[walkerk]

Perhaps. Seems to be lots of trouble along these tracks lately.

http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/149684.html

[starbase]

I remember reading a story a few years back about a bunch of white guys who'd stop trains on their horsies or cars and force the bank vault open... Evil white guys... just evil... can you imagine being an evil white guy?

Well I'm not going to put your argument together for you. Are you saying that Mexicans haven't been stopping trains and robbing them?

I can tell an inadequate debate partner when they just leave a trailing bit of sarcasm, and never make an actual point.

Sarcasm is the protest of the weak, so they say.

[Hell to pay]

Back in the early 90’s, I commuted on this route. One time the car I was riding in was shot at near Fairfield, but the windows did not break.

There were also numerous times when there was speed reduction before arriving into West Sacto, a crazy bum would lay on the tracks and force the train to stop, then would hug a wheel and they were awfully hard for the Engineer to pry off.

If they would have let the smoking passengers off the train such as myself, there would have been less of a homeless problem there.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Bingo.

[BnBlFlag]

Sounds like “Yutes” to me.