Makeshift camp set up near train tracks raising safety concerns, Pierce County WA


A person has set up a makeshift camp near train tracks at the 38.1X crossing in Pierce County. The camp includes a dog kennel and many belongings close to the active rail lines, raising safety concerns.
Audio|Source: BNSF/UP Seattle Sub - North End
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I don't know if anybody's reported or not, but there's a little either maintenance way or trainman's crossing at 38.1X, and it looks like one of the transients is set up home there and have all their stuff just off of Maine 2 at 38.1X, but it's really close and they're on that crossing there, over.
00:17
All right, 38.1X, like,
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one of those cross-tie crossings for, like, Mains Away and Trainment.
00:23
Is that correct, over? Correct, over.
00:25
Let's that that we'll get the release.
00:27
Good set release. All right, I will, I'll get that reported over.
00:30
All right, thanks. Yeah, just they're so close to tracks, and if they're setting up camp there, it's not a good thing, so thanks, over.
00:35
You bet. That's Tony North Spatch out.
00:36
Uh,
00:37
504, is it like a tent, you said over? I don't know if they set up a tent yet, but they've got a lot of stuff and a dog kennel, and I don't know if it was the person, but there was somebody over on the UP side walking a dog, but yeah, a dog kennel and just a ton of stuff, like a lot, over.
00:52
Okay, understood, over.
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Pierce County, WA
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