Dude on the tracks

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03-09-2006, 05:19 PM
loydall

Dude on the tracks

I was walking home tonight from the station. My walk takes me along side the railway tracks. As I got close to the path that runs alongside the tracks, I noticed that there was a train that had stopped just up ahead of me. I then noticed this man stood there - directly in front of the train. I thought that it must be an engineer or something but, as I got closer, I could see he was just some guy on the tracks, stood there in front of a train.

As I got closer, I watched him walk up to the train and rest his head on one of those bumper things they have on trains... what are they called.. can't rememebr..

Anyway, eventually the station security came and got him but it was an odd thing to see. Poor guy must have been mentally ill or trying to kill himself or both..

Just thought I'd share that with you. Anyone else ever seen anything like that?
03-09-2006, 05:29 PM
indivision

yeah. i see that happening occasionally when driving past the red-line here in la. ;)

crazy.
03-09-2006, 06:02 PM
japangreg

I bet he was just tired.

I would be too, stopping a train with my bare hands...
03-09-2006, 06:03 PM
loydall

Errr don't get it??
03-09-2006, 06:06 PM
jAQUAN

I've seen some crazy mo-fos here in vegas. One guy was standing on a sidewalk repeatedly and violently pulling on an invisible slot machine handle.

Once while roller blading my friends and I passed a dude at a bus stop who looked fine one second and the next he was beating the **** out of himself. He boxed is head so hard that he shattered the coke-bottles he was wearing, then wandered out into traffic.

A few weeks ago one of my co-workers said that some man came into the lobby all bloody and told the secratary to call an ambulance as he had been trying to kill himself. I guess she just called the cops.

We are very secretive as a tourist based city about the number of deaths that occur each year on the strip with tourists being hit by traffic and gamblers killing themselves at casinos.
03-09-2006, 06:12 PM
japangreg

Quote:

Originally Posted by loydall

Errr don't get it??

Sorry, probably pretty innapropriate for the tone of this thread: meant he had just finished stopping a train with his bare hands ala superman and just needed to put his head down for a bit...
03-09-2006, 06:16 PM
indivision

Quote:

Originally Posted by jAQUAN

I've seen some crazy mo-fos here in vegas. One guy was standing on a sidewalk repeatedly and violently pulling on an invisible slot machine handle.

haha. probably less expensive a habit than the real thing.

i can see people getting hit there the way they are all running out into the road combined with the way the cab drivers drive. but, gamblers killing themselves IN the casinos? in the casino itself or one of the rooms?
03-09-2006, 06:17 PM
loydall

Quote:

Originally Posted by japangreg

Sorry, probably pretty innapropriate for the tone of this thread: meant he had just finished stopping a train with his bare hands ala superman and just needed to put his head down for a bit...

Sorry - not you japangreg, I didn't understand "yeah. i see that happening occasionally when driving past the red-line here in la"

What does that mean?
03-09-2006, 06:21 PM
indivision

Quote:

Originally Posted by loydall

Sorry - not you japangreg, I didn't understand "yeah. i see that happening occasionally when driving past the red-line here in la"

What does that mean?

you described something very unusual and then asked if anyone has seen anything like it. i was being sarcastic. bad joke. my apologies. :)
03-09-2006, 06:21 PM
jAQUAN

Quote:

Originally Posted by indivision

but, gamblers killing themselves IN the casinos? in the casino itself or one of the rooms?

both, one lady jumped off the inner balcony in the luxor and landed on a, I think a craps table.
03-09-2006, 06:21 PM
loydall

Quote:

Originally Posted by jAQUAN

A few weeks ago one of my co-workers said that some man came into the lobby all bloody and told the secratary to call an ambulance as he had been trying to kill himself. I guess she just called the cops.

Man - I remember a while ago some homeless guy at the station next to my work (why do they always hang out at stations??) manged to get hold of a razor blade... What he'd managed to do to his OWN face i wont go in to but it wasn't pretty. Makes you wonder how these guys are allowed out..
03-09-2006, 06:22 PM
loydall

Quote:

Originally Posted by indivision

you described something very unusual and then asked if anyone has seen anything like it. i was being sarcastic. bad joke. my apologies. :)

Ahhh - just me being dumb.... :)
03-09-2006, 06:23 PM
indivision

Quote:

Originally Posted by jAQUAN

both, one lady jumped off the inner balcony in the luxor and landed on a, I think a craps table.

man. crazy. is that why they dont have any tables in there now? when we stayed there we had to wait for passers by before throwing things down... woops.
03-09-2006, 06:26 PM
TallGuyLittleCar

Quote:

Originally Posted by jAQUAN

both, one lady jumped off the inner balcony in the luxor and landed on a, I think a craps table.

jumped or thrown?
03-09-2006, 06:46 PM
Markp.com

Quote:

Originally Posted by loydall

I watched him walk up to the train and rest his head on one of those bumper things they have on trains... what are they called.. can't rememebr..

Strangely enough, they are called sleepers! :D
03-09-2006, 07:19 PM
The_Xell

Back in England, I used to live near a train station and a mental ward. More than once people in strange clothes would wonder around the train station shouting and generally causing a scene. Amazed they never got on the tracks.

The other station I'm near to has one of the highest deaths. So many people have got on a train that skips that station and tried to open to doors/use the emergency open. The result has been death from hitting the station, and worse, getting hit by a train coming the other direction.

Not too cool.
03-09-2006, 07:40 PM
tonytryout

I once saw walking home from work, some drunken guy beating up an invisible guy in the corner.

yes really
03-10-2006, 05:03 AM
loydall

Quote:

Originally Posted by Markp.com

Strangely enough, they are called sleepers! :D

Oh yeah... ha!
03-10-2006, 05:11 AM
mr_malee

was there a crazy guy playing an old piano. Cause i've seen this situation somewhere before
03-10-2006, 06:29 AM
Genesis F5

Quote:

Originally Posted by tonytryout

I once saw walking home from work, some drunken guy beating up an invisible guy in the corner.

Fight Club!
http://www.takeawiff.com/images/Fight%20Club.jpg
03-10-2006, 06:37 AM
carly1979

Quote:

Originally Posted by Markp.com

Strangely enough, they are called sleepers! :D

aren't sleepers these things?

http://www.indianhumepipe.com/rail1.jpg
03-10-2006, 12:17 PM
Markp.com

Quote:

Originally Posted by carly1979

aren't sleepers these things?

http://board.flashkit.com/board/

I presumed thats what he meant... sleepers that the track runs along?
03-10-2006, 12:26 PM
Markp.com

Quote:

Originally Posted by carly1979

aren't sleepers these things?

http://board.flashkit.com/board/

I presumed thats what he meant... sleepers that the track runs along?
03-10-2006, 02:42 PM
robbmcaulay

Nah, I think he meant the shunters on the front...

And stop double posting!
03-10-2006, 03:32 PM
carly1979

aaaanyway, not that any of this matters- i was just being picky really i guess ;)

:hug:
03-10-2006, 04:33 PM
jAQUAN

I thought they were called cow catchers
http://ruocchiodesigns.com/gifs_jpgs...Catcher_lg.jpg
03-13-2006, 08:45 AM
loydall

There's no real need for 'Cow catchers' in South London. And yes - it was the things on the fron of the train..

Anyway - the reason I an resurrecting this thread.. I got to the station this morning and there's a notice up saying that there was a 'Fatal incedent' on thursday evening after someone got onto the tracks..

Looks like he managed to Kill himself after all..
03-13-2006, 09:09 AM
flamedude

Just 2 days ago on the train me and a mate saw this guy start on three massive african fellas. He was trying to make friends with them but instead hurled rascist abuse instead (as you do). one of the guys left up the carriage to get out of his way and then he started kicking off and followed him.

Later the ticket operator walked up the carriage and broke up this little "meeting". Anyway the, apparently drunk, idiot then started saying how he cant get into trouble as he had just "got out" of 5 years jail time and that he might have to smash the ticker operators face in because he looked like a "grass".

It was scarey and funny. Stupidity and rage are a terrible combination.
03-13-2006, 11:41 AM
Loyal Rogue

Quote:

Originally Posted by flamedude

It was scarey and funny. Stupidity and rage are a terrible combination.

Thank you for not making me miss the joys of public transportation. :hug:

.
03-13-2006, 02:26 PM
Markp.com

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loyal Rogue

Thank you for not making me miss the joys of public transportation. :hug:

.

Exactly! Why do people use public transport?! Why can't we all be guided where we need to go in little bubble cars or something?

Other people suck!
03-13-2006, 02:34 PM
Markp.com

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loyal Rogue

Thank you for not making me miss the joys of public transportation. :hug:

.

Exactly! Why do people use public transport?! Why can't we all be guided where we need to go in little bubble cars or something?

Other people suck!
03-13-2006, 03:54 PM
carly1979

i agree. totally. not sure it was worth posting twice though ;)
03-13-2006, 04:04 PM
Markp.com

Sorry, flashkit sucks at the minute... Making double posts every now and then...
03-13-2006, 05:18 PM
lefteyewilly

you seem to be the only one with the problem there mark...
03-13-2006, 05:29 PM
silverx2

its happened to me a couple of times.

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