WEST SACRAMENTO: Teen arrested in attack on train engineer - Youths allegedly beat him with rocks

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 4/19/7 | Michael Cabanatuan

[vietvet67]

Could be worse: http://www.moonamtrak.org/ :-)

[Dumpster Baby]

You bet. “I’ll see your rock and raise you this 500 ton train”.

[CindyDawg]

They have to go where the tracks are:’) I like riding the train. Coach is miserable but the sleepers are nice. I’ve never had any problems with passengers. This track attacking was new to me though.

[Eternal_Bear]

I saw a news clip where a train engineer kept his head low as he entered Chicago. He said sometimes people lined up and pelted stones and shot at them. I guess it was considered a “sport”.

[Chickensoup]

I have only used private rooms on the train, but I found the scenery depressing on the east coast and the crime amazing. We stopped a number of times to meet police cars to take a criminal off the train.

[1rudeboy]

Hijacker still on the loose. Lock down the thread!
For the Love of God, someone please stop him before he strikes again!

[ApplegateRanch]

"What is next, ban rocks and bottles?"

however I do believe rocks and bottles should be registered....../ sarc

No need to register them.

Just make it illegal for non-adults to possess them; and issue permits to carry to qualified adults, who have passed a saftey & proficiency course & background check.

Maybe a waiting period, and a limit on how many can be possessed; size/weight limits; how many can be obtained per month.

Make it illegal to artificially point, sharpen, or otherwise alter them....

[kalee]

Sometimes leftists make no sense with my moneies.

Leftists need to get the message that they have no right to our money.

[CindyDawg]

I’ve only gone West once. All the others have been from Houston to Florida. I’ve not had any problems and the scenery was nice. I was thinking about going by train to DC in Oct. Maybe I won’t. Sounds bad.

[brotherWesUpNorth]

Luv it!....and your tag line is great too.

[ApplegateRanch]

Thanks for both.

[Paleo Conservative]

Since this involves employees of a railroad, isn’t this a federal crime?

[Wormwood]

Consider that graphic stolen! Perfect!

[1rudeboy]

Sorry, JRios stole it from me yesterday. Check the link I provided in comment #26 . . . there I posted the larger version, and linked to the original.

[Lijahsbubbe]

Group identification ping?

[JRios1968]

Aw, c’mon, we can all share on the steal!

[Krankor]

[bboop]

Chickensoup, Can you elaborate on ‘the crime on the train and around it’ please? Just because I have not ridden the train recently.

[muleskinner]

West Sac. is close to Rio Linda. ‘Nuf said.

[Chickensoup]

Mostly robberies that I could discern. I certainly locked my door throughout the entire trip and only let the porter in.

Oh and one fight