When I was a kid I always heard that if you put a penny on a
train track that it could derail a train.
I am not going to lie, as a rebellious teenager I tried it. As soon as we ran away the feeling of guilt
overtook the thrill of doing something bad.
The sudden urge to run back toward the oncoming train to rescue the
Lincoln from the oncoming train, only to be reminded of the almost certain
decapitation of an arm or worse. Thank goodness
that the derailment didn’t happen, in fact a quick google search shows that it
has never happened, but as an adventurous boy it could have. Again, thank God that it didn’t happen. With more trains moving through the country,
there have been more and more derailments there has even been a couple close to
home. Shouldn’t the railroads be
required to make the manifest public as soon as a train jumps the tracks, I for
one would like to know. Especially since
there are tracks about 100 yards from where I work.
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