Assault on Capitol Corridor (Amtrak) train engineer

Last Monday evening around 10:15pm, a Capitol Corridor engineer was assaulted by a group of trespassers in West Sacramento, CA. The Sacramento-bound train was halted shortly before the I-Street bridge because debris had been placed on the track. Apparently, the conductor then left the train to investigate. When the engineer saw that the conductor was being threatened by a group of juveniles, he also descended from the train in order to assist the conductor. Subsequently, the engineer was assaulted and severely beaten. He had to be hospitalized after the assault. Apparently, no passengers were harmed in the incident.

This is very disturbing - don’t these people have better things to do? Do they seriously think it’s fun to just stop a train and then beat up the engineer?

[via sfgate.com]

Posted in: Amtrak, Capitol Corridor | April 20, 2007 10:35 pm

1 Comment »

ER, on July 16, 2009 @ 11:37 pm

As far as those punks assaulting an Engineer, they should be prosecuted for committing a felony by sabotaging interstate commerce and assaulting the crew of the train, and sentenced to 20 years behind bars. I would hope the FBI would scour the area using the video from the locomotive and other evidence and stop at NOTHING until they arrest them. I would put a reward out for information leading to the arrest of the offenders. That’s serious business. A bunch of psychos stopping trains and assaulting the crew. Throw the key away. Too bad the engineer wasn’t armed. I bet he is from now on.