[alexander_busek]

Why was he walking across active railroad tracks?

Anyone have an idea?

Regards,

[Ann Archy]

BINGO!! WTH was he on the Railroad Tracks??? Drug Deal?

[going hot]

I would hazard a guess that he wished to proceed to the other side.

[Steve_Seattle1]

When I was a kid, there was a railroad line through north Seattle. (It was turned into a walking/bicycle trail quite a few years ago. The track was active, but not heavily used. It was flanked by an undeveloped area of trees, shrubs, creeks, and ponds, and we used to go on "expeditions" along the track. Once I was startled when a grouse flew up from the underbrush about three feet in front of me. S9ometimes we would do the kid thing and put a penny on the track if we heard a train approaching.

Nobody thought twice about going to the tracks, which passed about three blocks from our house, and we didn't think we were doing anything particularly dangerous because the trains always honked their horns and you knew they were coming. Also, we didn't consider ourselves to be trespassing and I don't recall any signs telling people to keep out.

[cymbeline]

“Why was he walking across active railroad tracks?”

Good question but I’ve walked tracks occasionally all of my life. It’s easy walking and, and there’s something profound about the railroads and their history and importance to us.

[tet68]

Don’t be redicules...to get to the other side, any chicken knows that .

[EQAndyBuzz]

“ Why was he walking across active railroad tracks?”

To get to the other side?

[ridesthemiles]

NOT JUST”CROSSING”

FOLLOWING THE TRACKS

[Paladin2]

Over my decades, I’ve walked along/crossed not shortage of RR tracks [never the Acela] .

Mostly a kid thing.

The tracks speak to you if a train is coming. Easy to just step aside.