If we think about our own experiences as a kids living around trains, those number of derailments start to appear more realistic. As kids we'd walk down the tracks and find all sorts of things.... everything from glass power line insulators to railroad spikes. My friend's mom use to made candle holders out of those old glass insulators. I remember setting pennies on the railroad track before a train would go by. We were amazed at how flat, squished and faceless the penny became. We use to set rocks on the tracks... not big ones but ones from the gravel laid down around the railroad ties. They always seem to fall off due to the vibration before the train got there. I remember seeing the train engineer sounding the horn when the train approached us.

We'd find all sorts of things..... People seemed to dispose of their appliances and garbage around railroad tracks. I recall seeing washing machines and bags of lawn clippings and tree branches. Yep, Along those tracks, it seemed to be a dumping ground for all sorts of things. There was always signs of booze and broken bottles, spray paint cans, and even paint cans.

If you think about it, kids will do all sorts of stupid shit for kicks. How hard would it be to set a large object on the tracks to derail it? Then you have Antifa and radical environmental groups. Just add it all up and it starts to paint a picture. I bet most derailments happen in the big cities.

If we think about our own experiences as a kid living around trains, those number of derailments start to appear more realistic. As kids we'd walk down the tracks and find all sorts of things.... everything from glass power line insulators to railroad spikes. My friend's mom use to made candle holders out of those old glass insulators. I remember setting pennies on the railroad track before a train would go by. We were amazed at how flat, squished and faceless the penny became. We use to set rocks on the tracks... not big ones but ones from the gravel laid down around the railroad ties. They always seem to fall off due to the vibration before the train got there. I remember seeing the train engineer sounding the horn when the train approached us.

We'd find all sorts of things..... People seemed to dispose of their appliances and garbage around railroad tracks. I recall seeing washing machines and bags of lawn clippings and tree branches. Yep, Along those tracks, it seemed to be a dumping ground for all sorts of things. There was always signs of booze and broken bottles, spray paint cans, and even paint cans.

If you think about it, kids will do all sorts of stupid shit for kicks. How hard would it be to set a large object on the tracks to derail it? Then you have Antifa and radical environmental groups. Just add it all up and it starts to paint a picture. I bet most derailments happen in the big cities.

If we think about our own experiences as kids living around trains, those number of derailments start to appear more realistic. As kids we'd walk down the tracks and find all sorts of things.... everything from glass power line insulators to railroad spikes. My friend's mom use to made candle holders out of those old glass insulators. I remember setting pennies on the railroad track before a train would go by. We were amazed at how flat, squished and faceless the penny became. We use to set rocks on the tracks... not big ones but ones from the gravel laid down around the railroad ties. They always seem to fall off due to the vibration before the train got there. I remember seeing the train engineer sounding the horn when the train approached us.

We'd find all sorts of things..... People seemed to dispose of their appliances and garbage around railroad tracks. I recall seeing washing machines and bags of lawn clippings and tree branches. Yep, Along those tracks, it seemed to be a dumping ground for all sorts of things. There was always signs of booze and broken bottles, spray paint cans, and even paint cans.

If you think about it, kids will do all sorts of stupid shit for kicks. How hard would it be to set a large object on the tracks to derail it? Then you have Antifa and radical environmental groups. Just add it all up and it starts to paint a picture. I bet most derailments happen in the big cities.