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Woman Cited for Riding Train Topless
2003-06-04
HOQUIAM, Wash. - A Hoquiam woman was cited for assault, trespassing and resisting arrest after she was discovered half-naked hanging upside down from a train ladder. Robin Bishop, 31, was taken into custody about 2:30 p.m. Monday, after an engineer on a Puget Sound & Pacific train discovered a woman hanging from the rear of the train as it approached a bridge here. "She was wearing jeans and nothing else," Hoquiam police Lt. Mike Whittaker told The Daily World of Aberdeen. "She was hanging upside down, topless, from a moving train."
"[Thhhp!] Hello [thhhp!] world! [Thhhp!] These are [thhhp!] my boobs! [Thhhp!]"
Police Capt. Jim Maloney said engineers stopped the train, which had only four or five cars, and approached the woman. She yelled at them and struck one with a rock before climbing to the roof of the car. "The officers thought she might have been under the influence of alcohol ..." Maloney said.
Or something stronger...
Police don't know how the woman got onto the train.
... and she's not too sure, herself.
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#8  I once had my car towed by a locomotive (switcher).
They used a 5/8ths nylon rope, tied it one end to the suspension of my car, and the other end to the hand-rail. Towed my car backwards. Yes, I wish I'd had a camera.
Posted by: Dishman   2003-06-04 18:05:16  

#7  If you had ever spent any time in Hoquiam, you'd realize exactly what a horrific sight that must have been.......
Posted by: Luigi   2003-06-04 16:43:52  

#6  Just doing my part to help spread the word about what even one empty railroad car (20 tons) can do to a body--like running over a wheel of cheese with your car. Speaking of cars, they don't fare much better when hit by a 200 ton locomotive.
Posted by: Dar   2003-06-04 14:43:43  

#5  Oh believe me there's much worse things than that on the web.
I saw a documentary once depicting a naked woman riding the rails. Wonder if that's the same one.
Posted by: RW   2003-06-04 14:41:37  

#4  I guess you really can find anything on the internet. Dar, do you have a lot of time on your hands?
Posted by: tu3031   2003-06-04 14:25:11  

#3  PS&P is a freight line, so she definitely hopped this illegally. Given her mental state, she was very lucky she didn't fall off while in transit or, if the train was in motion at the time, attempting to board. DeadTrainBums.com has some graphic pix of idiots who tried similar stunts and weren't so lucky. (WARNING: Did I mention it was graphic?)
Posted by: Dar   2003-06-04 14:18:08  

#2  so, was the violation for
1. being topless
2. hanging upside down from a train
3. being on the train

Any comment on the dateline being Hokum?
Posted by: Chuck   2003-06-04 14:02:57  

#1  Must've been some party.
Posted by: tu3031   2003-06-04 14:00:13  

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