(Nampa) Idaho Press-Tribune, 3/27:
Trooper on a Train
NAMPA — Two locomotive engines coupled back-to-back rumble through Nampa at about 10 mph. The horn blasts as they approach an intersection. Three passenger vehicles — one right after the other — ignore the warning and casually roll across the track.
But this isn’t a typical freight-hauling trip — these engines aren’t pulling a long line of railroad cars, and they’re carrying an extra crew member: Idaho State Police Trooper Ryan Hoxie. Hoxie radios to his fellow troopers lying in wait at each intersection as the locomotives approach, describing the make, model and color of the offending vehicles.
“Did your guys get any of those three?” Idaho Operation Lifesaver coordinator Travis Campbell asks Hoxie . . .
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