Person plays chicken with train on railroad tracks, Mendota IL
Disorderly ConductA white male wearing a gray sweatshirt without a hood, black sweatpants, and a black stocking hat was seen standing on the BNSF railroad tracks near mileposts 83.5-83.6 in Mendota, Illinois. He was playing chicken with an oncoming train, forcing the train to make an emergency stop. He stayed on the tracks until about 100 feet from the train, then casually walked off into the woods and towards town.
Audio|Source: BNSF Mendota
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Transcript:
00:00
Yeah, we had a pedestrian, fanny in front of the track, and put the train in emergency.
00:07
They stood there basically playing chicken with us, about 100 feet from the nose, and then jumped off the tracks and casually walked off.
00:17
Okay, what mileposts approximately was that?
00:22
83.6.83.5.
00:28
Are you approximately 83.6, 83.5? Do you have a description of that individual over there?
00:38
It's probably white guy with like a gray, non-hirt sweatshirt, black pants,
00:47
black stocking hat.
00:48
You had a little like black water.
00:50
Okay,
00:56
white male, gray sweatshirt, black sweatpants, and that sweatshirt without a hood, and had a black water bottle.
01:03
And what's he the only one you saw? Anywhere out there over? That's correct.
01:10
Okay, I appreciate it.
01:12
And you said he walked away pretty casually.
01:14
Did he just appear to completely go away from the tracks or did he just walk off to the right-of-way over? He walked off into the woods over here.
01:21
I don't know.
01:22
I don't change mind or what is it here.
01:25
Yeah, he walked off and went into town.
01:32
All right, walked off into the woods and disappeared.
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Location mentioned:
Mendota, IL 61342
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