Originally Posted by
CB HI
Your example is one of the most extreme cases I have heard of. You fail to mention how many engineers did not quit after hitting something on the tracks. Most engineers that have worked any length of time have hit something and most are still working.
You are correct, I don't know how many have not quit, but I dont think this is an extreme example.
Aside from my brother, several of my neighbors and a few acquaintances work for the various railroad companies. I hear all kinds of horror stories.
Being an engineer is very stressful in itself and most of the railroads are short on engineers because of the stress. Maybe the knowledge that one or more people have just commited suicide by train pushes them to quit.
Maybe it was not their first loss of life accident, just the last one they were willing to suffer.
My brother has not had a loss of life accident, and I hope he never does.