Qapla
Engineer
Last night the SWC #3 was held for some time while an odd circumstance was unfolding. I have not been able to find any information today explaining the situation.
Anyway, I was watching the live camera feed when #3 arrived.
As people got off a rail fan got off with a "V/R" sign and waved at the camera and held up his sign. He also took some pics of Oscar. After a few minutes he got back on the train.
Shortly before the train was due to leave the station, an Amtrak person got off with a backpack type bag and some other stuff in his hands and placed them near the fence. Right after this, two more Amtrak people escorted a man off the train (not the railfan with the sign). When the Amtrak people were back in the train with the door closed and the "window" open then man they put off the train went over to the train and stated yelling at the person inside the door. Then he grabbed the door and tried to climb back into the train. He kept hanging on the side of the train for a bit and then got off but stood on the rocks waving his hands and yelling at whoever was inside the door. He tried several times to hang on the door.
Then, he backed off some, picked up rocks and started throwing them at the train. Some on the chat for the live feed thought he may have broken the window in the door. His ranting and rock throwing went on for several minutes. Finally, a cop showed up and tried to dissuade him. It looked like he might be calming the man down because the man went to the other side of the short fence. Then, the man picked up some more rocks and started throwing them - hitting the train and the cop.
This incident with this man went on for 15-20 minutes. The man and the cop eventually went out of camera view so I don't know if he was arrested. It seemed like the train should now be able to leave but more police showed up and there was some discussion with the Amtrak people on the train and some of the people standing around at the station.
Finally, when #3 was plenty late, they pulled out of the station.
Anyway, I was watching the live camera feed when #3 arrived.
As people got off a rail fan got off with a "V/R" sign and waved at the camera and held up his sign. He also took some pics of Oscar. After a few minutes he got back on the train.
Shortly before the train was due to leave the station, an Amtrak person got off with a backpack type bag and some other stuff in his hands and placed them near the fence. Right after this, two more Amtrak people escorted a man off the train (not the railfan with the sign). When the Amtrak people were back in the train with the door closed and the "window" open then man they put off the train went over to the train and stated yelling at the person inside the door. Then he grabbed the door and tried to climb back into the train. He kept hanging on the side of the train for a bit and then got off but stood on the rocks waving his hands and yelling at whoever was inside the door. He tried several times to hang on the door.
Then, he backed off some, picked up rocks and started throwing them at the train. Some on the chat for the live feed thought he may have broken the window in the door. His ranting and rock throwing went on for several minutes. Finally, a cop showed up and tried to dissuade him. It looked like he might be calming the man down because the man went to the other side of the short fence. Then, the man picked up some more rocks and started throwing them - hitting the train and the cop.
This incident with this man went on for 15-20 minutes. The man and the cop eventually went out of camera view so I don't know if he was arrested. It seemed like the train should now be able to leave but more police showed up and there was some discussion with the Amtrak people on the train and some of the people standing around at the station.
Finally, when #3 was plenty late, they pulled out of the station.
