drum118
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You are correct.I think, as we should, we recognize with compassion that it cannot be "easy" on a crew that, through no fault of their own, just "took another life"......so I would bet the statement by drum is that they get time off to address their own mental state.....and that, reading between the lines, some people just never get over it and are never able to return.
Each person handles things differently and it has a short or long impact on them, depending on what took place.
I have known 2 engineers personally where one worked for CP and the other for CN who kill people at night. One was off for 6 months and the other a year.
The one off a year could not handle trips at night and being low on the list for daytime runs local, he packed it in after 6 months as well after 10 years on the job that he love. He love the Buffalo run. He kill 2 kids caught on a bridge at night in the northern section of Toronto. A few others jump from the bridge and were injury.
I know someone who kill another passenger in a car that was not their fault and doesn't drive anymore. They are only in their 40s.
Time off various with systems, but their day is done if its an accident, someone hit or kill. One reason for a spare board in the first place. You have also lost a train until a crew is found and taken to the site to see if it can continue in service or be taken back to the yard. If it going back to the yard, another train will have to be put into service with a new crew.
Not only does it effect the crew involved, but the other drivers on line where they will be saying that could have been me if this took place at x time when they pass that point.
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