SFist: DANGER: Muni Cars Return to Claim More Victims

aj

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:27:32 -0800

... when crossing an active railroad. (oops, didn't mean to submit too soon.) Ya know those "Active Railroad, No Trespassing" signs? They actually mean what they say.

aj

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:26:39 -0800

Maybe it was someone who DIDN'T LOOK WHERE HE WAS GOING

Jamison

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:45:52 -0800

Plug1, It is one of the F-Market & Wharves streetcars which is dedicated to Herb Caen. Muni streetcar no. 130, originally built in 1914.

Aventinus

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:14:42 -0800

I have no idea -- reports were saying it was a "trespasser," so not a suicide? I guess it means they weren't in the crossing, which would be an accidental death. Other times, the person has been on a cell phone or something and couldn't hear the train coming?? http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/29/BA3TUNR9S.DTL&hw=caltrain&sn=001&sc=1000

Incandenza

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:45:30 -0800

@ Aventinus: How is this possible? I've still never actually taken CalTrain- do they grease the platforms or something? This is like, what, the 6th CalTrain death in the past few months?

Aventinus

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:28:19 -0800

Meanwhile, someone was killed by Caltrain yesterday.

cowsaysmeow

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:27:43 -0800

WARNING: The wheels on the bus go around, AND around. *Note to self: keep all appendages inside the cable car at all times...yikes. :/

Plug1

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:26:26 -0800

does anyone know which cable car is the one dedicated to the late, great Herb Caen? like what number and what line? or is it an F-Market line? clearly, i know very little.

Kdanv42

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:20:17 -0800

Thankfully when I lived in SF I lived on Hyde.. on one of the tops of the hills, so I was always King and only the people that lived in the lower areas had to run for their lives.

lazthedog

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:41:19 -0800

mattymatt: no joke. http://tinyurl.com/2puqh7