Notes on Don’t #2, switching:
If you get stuck for a very long time by a switching train on Tuesday at 7:30pm, (or see one you want to snap pictures of, if only you had your camera) it will probably be there every Tuesday at 7:30pm. But it doesn’t necessarily mean it will be there any other day of the week at that time.

Don’t #3:
Really, really don’t climb over the cars. I can’t count the number of people I’ve seen try, only to have the car move under them a few feet and throw them off into the gravel. I’ve seen people lose teeth, need stitches, and break bones. And don’t even think about riding them; I used to get included on the email chain every time someone died falling off, and it happens all the time.

Don’t #6:
‘Major douches’ would be an understatement. They have absolute power over their domain, through sheer anger that you’ll probably be the only ‘perp’ he’ll have the chance to scream at today. I’ve been lucky and worked with a couple good ones, but the horror stories I’ve heard from other people stretch the imagination. This goes double or triple when some candidate for office is doing a train trip through the area. (I’m not sure if anyone has done that since Bush, Sr, but I remember rather vividly being on the receiving end of a rail cop tirade during his tour. I think I learned two new curse words during the hour I was being detained.)

Any questions I might be able to answer, feel free.