Passenger Trains > NY Sen Blumenthal has a close call with a Train at a St

I saw this news story.

The News Story was on Safety. Just was Milford Mayor Ben Blake Started to say,
Safety, as you know, is paramount. A Train rolls right by. T
The Senator was standing on the Yellow Line.

Anyways to see the video. Please click the link

http://wtnh.com/2014/04/18/video-close-call-sen-blumenthal-metro-north-presser/

Jerry Martin
Los Angeles, CA
Central Coast Railroad Festival

Connecticut

And these guys run the store, what a joke.

Quote:

"The press conference was called after Blumenthal slammed Metro-North Railroad for collecting $552,000 in fines over the past decade for safety violations and defects."

Priceless...

Ray

"Do as I say, not as I do".

sp5312 Wrote:
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> And these guys run the store, what a joke.


Unreal....geez..You would think someone on the platform would have said "Hey train coming, stand behind yellow line". Obviously there were no foamers on the platform...

Steve

Sad to think of what new rules and regulations this guy will now demand be added for the public's safety.

One foot closer to the tracks = One less grandstanding politician.

billio Wrote:
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> One foot closer to the tracks = One less
> grandstanding politician.


Or a new law requiring all trains to pass all platforms at not more than 10 mph. Don't underestimate these guys. They'd exempt themselves from the law of gravity if they could.

(They exempted themselves from Obamacare, federal harassment rules, etc. Both parties helped in that.)

billio Wrote:
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> One foot closer to the tracks = One less
> grandstanding politician.

I think a half foot would have done it.

"so, that's what the yellow line is for ...."

He must have thought the yellow textiled surface was to warn sight-impaired people from the edge, not the rest of us.

Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> billio Wrote:
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> > One foot closer to the tracks = One less
> > grandstanding politician.

I shudder to think of what the political fallout would have been. The howls and screams from the media interview platform in the Capitol rotunda, from the talking heads in the media and from the punditocracy would have been unreal. And I doubt that very little of it would have focused on the senator's totally inept (and that's being kind) behavior. Always someone else or some other entity to blame.
>
>
> Or a new law requiring all trains to pass all
> platforms at not more than 10 mph. Don't
> underestimate these guys. They'd exempt themselves
> from the law of gravity if they could.
>
> (They exempted themselves from Obamacare, federal
> harassment rules, etc. Both parties helped in
> that.)

Truer words never written or spoken. I can hear the sighs of relief all the way here in the Midwest from the HQ of Amtrak, various commuter rail authorities and the AAR. The engineer has to be one of the most relieved of all, thank God and his guardian angels.

The sheer arrogance of the political class these days is breathtaking, and they would have exploited this ad nauseam. Have The Chuckster of New York, or my own state's Claire Much Beloved of Morning Joe, both personfications of "I've found an issue to exploit to the max!", been heard from yet? (No wait -- let's not give them the idea).

When is this guy up for re-election? Connecticut, if you have even the slightest degree of common sense, you know what to do.

MC
Columbia, Missouri



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/19/14 09:57 by ironmtn.

bluesboyst Wrote:
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> sp5312 Wrote:
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> > And these guys run the store, what a joke.
>
>
> Unreal....geez..You would think someone on the
> platform would have said "Hey train coming, stand
> behind yellow line". Obviously there were no
> foamers on the platform...
>
> Steve

Um, maybe watch the video again?

Too bad he didn't get a boot to the head.

Were he a railfan, he'd be in jail...

Could have been one less needed to take back the Senate! It looks however like the easel would have gotten the worst of it.

Blumenthal is a Senator from CT, not NY. He is one that loves to put his foot into lots of things. I hope he has now learned his lesson. Odd how the Hartford paper did not mention the near miss, but did Headline his comments.

Betcha Chucky Schumer cooks up legislation about Bloomies closecall one of these Sunday afternoons.

MERR Wrote:
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> Blumenthal is a Senator from CT, not NY. He is one
> that loves to put his foot into lots of things. I
> hope he has now learned his lesson. Odd how the
> Hartford paper did not mention the near miss, but
> did Headline his comments.


The Hartford Courant loves Blumenthal. Every press release was wisdom received from the heavens. He doesn't walk on water, he glides a few inches above it...

Sen Blumenthal dodges trains just as he dodged bullets in Vietnam ... Blumenthal is a trusted SENATOR with an impeccable Military Service Record ...

OH WAIT !!! ... he never served in the military even though he claimed he served in Vietnam

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/nyregion/18blumenthal.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Out_Of_Service Wrote:
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> Sen Blumenthal dodges trains just as he dodged
> bullets in Vietnam ... Blumenthal is a trusted
> SENATOR with an impeccable Military Service Record
> ...
>
> OH WAIT !!! ... he never served in the military
> even though he claimed he served in Vietnam
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/nyregion/18blume
> nthal.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

This really has nothing to do with the thread.