Metrolink crash in Glendale

Gn2Dlnd · 01-27-2005, 01:56 AM

The employees and management of Costco did what (hopefully) any of us would have done in the same situation. San Fernando Road is a fairly desolate industrial area running parallel to the train tracks in this neighborhood. It's an extremely busy road during the day, but not exactly where you'd go to take a walk. The Costco is literally on top of where the accident occurred. Can you imagine being at work, unloading stock at 5:30 in the morning and hearing this happen right outside? These people must have thought a bomb went off.
I drove past the accident site on my way home this evening, I didn't want to go anywhere near the place during the day, but at 10PM I didn't think I'd be in anyone's way.You see the pictures on TV, but the size of the thing doesn't translate. I expect they'll be cleaning this up for several days.
I know that they're already talking about how automatic gates need to be installed at railroad crossings, but that would have done nothing to prevent this. At that time of day, with no traffic, all he had to do was park his jeep and wait for the next train. Gates wouldn't have prevented anything.

01-27-2005, 01:56 AM	#23
Gn2Dlnd Parmmadore Jim Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Casita del Queso Posts: 3,810	The employees and management of Costco did what (hopefully) any of us would have done in the same situation. San Fernando Road is a fairly desolate industrial area running parallel to the train tracks in this neighborhood. It's an extremely busy road during the day, but not exactly where you'd go to take a walk. The Costco is literally on top of where the accident occurred. Can you imagine being at work, unloading stock at 5:30 in the morning and hearing this happen right outside? These people must have thought a bomb went off. I drove past the accident site on my way home this evening, I didn't want to go anywhere near the place during the day, but at 10PM I didn't think I'd be in anyone's way.You see the pictures on TV, but the size of the thing doesn't translate. I expect they'll be cleaning this up for several days. I know that they're already talking about how automatic gates need to be installed at railroad crossings, but that would have done nothing to prevent this. At that time of day, with no traffic, all he had to do was park his jeep and wait for the next train. Gates wouldn't have prevented anything.
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