Not that irrational, now is it?

[sal_amanda]

So I have this weird thing about being under train bridges when there's a train on them. Sort of a fear, but more of a discomfort, I guess. It won't stop me from going under one, but I'll go under very quickly if there's a train going by. Oddly, concrete train bridges don't bother me like the metal ones. Don't know why.

Anyway. I feel justified now as there have been two derailments off of bridges in the area in the past couple of days. One was early Sunday morning on what would have been a very busy road at any other time, the other was Monday morning and debris did fall on someone's car, but fortunately only the very front so the driver only had minor injuries.

Furthermore, the first bridge I've driven under on occasion, but that second one I've driven under quite frequently back when I was working in the area.

So not such a crazy fear, eh?

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[i-am-solid.livejournal.com]

You know where that comes from, right? Mom and us walking under the metal train bridges at home when we were going anywhere as kids. It doesn't bother me now but I remember not wanting to go under the bridges when a train was coming, and sprinting under it when there was one.

[sal_amanda]

Oh, I figured it came from not being able to go anywhere in Tonawanda without going under a train bridge of some sort. The first time I remember it really bothering me a lot, though, was swimming in the canal sometime during high school near the bridge and wanting to get the hell out from under it as a train was going by.

I think the problem I have with the metal ones is that you can see up into everything. The concrete ones aren't like that. Although with this derailment issue, it doesn't really matter what kind of bridge it is.

Interesting that I never had an issue walking on the tracks itself, though I never much liked going over the bridges of even unused tracks. Makes me think of "Stand By Me" I guess.