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Northbound Coast Starlight hits "unauthorized trespasser" between Salinas and San Jose
https://asm.transitdocs.com/train/2024/9/24/A/14http://dixielandsoftware.net/cgi-bin/gettrain.pl?seltrain=14&selyear=2024&selmonth=09&selday=24
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_ 09/24/24 6:13pm EDT
_ As of 3:09 PM PT Delay Notification: Coast Starlight Train
_ 14 which departed Los Angeles (LAX) on 9/24 is operating
_ approx. 2hrs late the result of earlier trespasser activity
_ and rail congestion.
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_ 09/25/24 12:31am EDT
_ As of 9:29 PM PT CLARIFICATION: Trespasser Activity: Delay
_ Notification: Coast Starlight Train 14 which departed Los
_ Angeles (LAX) on 9/24 is delayed north of Salinas (SNS)
_ the result of an unauthorized trespasser coming into contact
_ with the train equipment with an estimated delay time of
_ 2hrs or more. We appreciate your patience and will provide
_ updates should the delay time change.
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_ **** D E L A Y S ****
_
_ 09/24/24 6:13pm EDT
_ As of 3:09 PM PT Delay Notification: Coast Starlight Train
_ 14 which departed Los Angeles (LAX) on 9/24 is operating
_ approx. 2hrs late the result of earlier trespasser activity
_ and rail congestion.
_
_ 09/25/24 12:31am EDT
_ As of 9:29 PM PT CLARIFICATION: Trespasser Activity: Delay
_ Notification: Coast Starlight Train 14 which departed Los
_ Angeles (LAX) on 9/24 is delayed north of Salinas (SNS)
_ the result of an unauthorized trespasser coming into contact
_ with the train equipment with an estimated delay time of
_ 2hrs or more. We appreciate your patience and will provide
_ updates should the delay time change.
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Northbound Coast Starlight hits "unauthorized trespasser" between Salinas and San Jose (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Sep 2024
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GPV
(73,073 posts)1. Wow. Way for them to sterilize the humanity of it all.
mahatmakanejeeves
(61,606 posts)2. That is the term railroads use: "trespasser activity."
And good morning.
GPV
(73,073 posts)3. Morning. :) I know it's "just the facts, ma'am," but it is a bit disheartening to see a life reduced
to that. :/ I guess in the grand scheme of things, all lives are like that. Just another bug on the windshield.
samnsara
(18,300 posts)4. since ive been binging bones all i can think of is.......what a mess for them to clean up....