Request Reprint Send us your request to reprint copyrighted material. I hope your summer vacation was as enjoyable as mine. The more optimistic conductor reported the near miss at around 10 feet.
Trains are interesting things, the electrical system on trains is even more interesting.
Electricity flows through train cars much like a strand of Christmas tree lights. One bulb goes out and the entire string goes dark behind it. Trains are the same. On this trip this particular transition sleeping car came equipped with a bad electrical cable. Or, it could be that Oregon IS cursed.