Passenger Trains > LIRR Ronkonkoma Line: another fatal crossing wreck

"Man killed after LIRR train hits car east of Brentwood train station"

http://longisland.news12.com/news/man-killed-after-lirr-train-hits-car-east-of-brentwood-train-station-1.5239096

It involved another Budd M-3 MU, which got anti-climber/coupler damage.
Since it is of the opposite gender of the married pair as the one whose front end was incinerated last January, common wisdom, is the two orphaned mates will be paired off.

Love the comment feed on that one.

toledopatch Wrote:
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> Love the comment feed on that one.

Freedom of the press in its most exquisite form!

Cheers,
Jack

africansteam Wrote:
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> toledopatch Wrote:
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> > Love the comment feed on that one.
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> Freedom of the press in its most exquisite form!

Public comment feeds are a pain in the ass for the newspapers, because they require so much babysitting, and manpower is getting very tight.

toledopatch Wrote:

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> Public comment feeds are a pain in the ass for the
> newspapers, because they require so much
> babysitting, and manpower is getting very tight.

Plus, it is the weekend and the staff is probably reduced.

Cheers,
Jack

I thought there was a wait period for a posting by a moderator.

joemvcnj Wrote:
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> I thought there was a wait period for a posting by
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Some papers may have that, but not many -- having a full-time moderator is a payroll luxury, especially if you consider that would involve staffing 21 shifts per week. Bigger papers have somebody on-duty 24/7, but with other duties as well. A lot have gone to Facebook-based or Yahoo-based systems for comments.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/11/13 09:48 by toledopatch.