Trespasser shocked on top of MARC train at DC Union Station

[user 5784]

https://wtop.com/dc/2022/12/man-shocked-on-top-of-amtrak-train-at-union-station/

 

[Dutchrailnut]

He be well done and guaranteed never to do that stuff again .

 

[TrackWalker]

Shocking to read he was correctly referred to as a “trespasser” and not a “pedestrian.”

 

[AmtrakBlue]

Shocking to read he was correctly referred to as a “trespasser” and not a “pedestrian.”

Do you call someone walking on the roof of a train a pedestrian?

 

[jis]

Shocking to read he was correctly referred to as a “trespasser” and not a “pedestrian.”

These sort of incidents seemed to be quite common in India until electrification became widespread and people learned not to try to get themselves fried to a crisp.

 

[Qapla]

Why was he walking on the roof of the car in the first place

 

[MARC Rider]

Why was he walking on the roof of the car in the first place

How was he even able to climb up on the roof of the car? I don't recall seeing a ladders or handholds to facilitate such a climb.

 

[AmtrakBlue]

How was he even able to climb up on the roof of the car? I don't recall seeing a ladders or handholds to facilitate such a climb.

Maybe jumped down from a bridge as the train pulled in?

 

[Dutchrailnut]

the car hapened to be a MARC HHP-8 , now just wait for lawyers to suggest MARC should have fenced in Locomotive

 

[railiner]

The New York subways were plagued with so-called "surfer's"....

https://www.thecity.nyc/2022/6/27/23184830/subway-surfing-up-as-mta-warns-kids

 

[Mystic River Dragon]

Has anybody heard if he has survived?

 

[John819]

the car hapened to be a MARC HHP-8 , now just wait for lawyers to suggest MARC should have fenced in Locomotive

You can't make anything ***** proof because they just keep improving idiots.

 

[Devil's Advocate]

You can't make anything ***** proof because they just keep improving idiots.

A study in the UK found most trespasser incidents involved suicide or drugs but I suppose punching down is the main point of these threads.