Subj : Howdy!
To   : Ky Moffet
From : Barry Martin
Date : Fri May 22 2026 07:08:00


Hi Ky!

 >   BM> But how do I get to the other side of the road if that ten feet
 >   BM> the railroad track is on is private property??
 >   DS>   You cross at a regular grade crossing. However, out in rural
 >   DS> areas, these may be few and far between.
 > And so humans tend to make it easy on themselves and just cross
 > whereever convenient.  Not too bad if a long sight distance (though
 > still problems with misjudging how quickly the train moves.)
 KM> There used to be a trestle bridge outside of Bozeman MT that was
 KM> a regular superhighway for people taking shortcuts across the
 KM> river, and everyone walked down the rail line!

It's perfectly safe until the train come barelling down!


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