[PRCo] Re: Not Trolley Related, But Definitely Pittsburgh

[Bob Rathke]

Yes, I've heard that trains may be running on tracks.  Possibly trolleys
too.

Bob 11/18/04

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Boris Cefer" <westinghouse at iol.cz>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 1:18 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Not Trolley Related, But Definitely Pittsburgh


> I think this aspect of life had been discussed in past. Had something like
> this happened to me, I would never approach railroad tracks again, nor
even
> to file law suit.
>
> From what I have seen in many (stupid) movies, it seems like almost each
> American needs to have his own body guard, psychiatrist and advocate at
each
> step. It makes one thinking that Americans do not have their own brains
and
> that it is strictly forbidden by the law to do anything without
> instructions. I understand that America is different, but do make the
> American laws absolute idiots in the conviction that all others around are
> idiots too? I hope there are only intelligent people on this list :-)
>
> DEAD BRAINS DEAD BRAINS DEAD BRAINS DEAD BRAINS DEAD BRAINS DEAD BRAINS
DEAD
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>
> Boris
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ken & Tracie" <ktjosephson at earthlink.net>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 7:13 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Not Trolley Related, But Definitely Pittsburgh
>
>
> > A Pennsylvania woman who was struck by a train has sued the rail company
=
> > - for failing to warn her that trains travel on railroad tracks.
> >
> > Patricia M. Frankhouser filed suit on Nov. 4 seeking damages in excess =
> > of $30,000 from Norfolk Southern Corp. (search), according to the =
> > Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
> >
> > Last January, Frankhouser was hit by a train as she walked along =
> > railroad tracks in her hometown of Jeannette, Pa., a southeastern suburb
=
> > of Pittsburgh.
> >
> > Amazingly, she came away from the encounter with only a broken finger, =
> > some cuts and, according to the lawsuit, "pain."
> >
> > Apparently, however, the incident was traumatic enough for her to hire a
=
> > lawyer.
> >
> > "Defendant's failure to warn plaintiff of the potential dangers =
> > negligently provided plaintiff with the belief she was safe in walking =
> > near the train tracks," Frankhouser's suit asserts.
> >
> > It goes on to state that Norfolk Southern, based in Norfolk, Va., should
=
> > have posted signs warning passersby "of the dangers of walking near =
> > train tracks and that the tracks were actively in use."
> >
> > Nowhere in the filing does it say whether Frankhouser heard the train =
> > coming, why she failed to get out of the way or even whether she was =
> > walking alongside or in between the rails.
> >
> > Her attorney did not return the Tribune-Review's call.
> >
> > - Thanks to Out There reader T.J. H.
>
>