Dog Run Over THREE Times By Freight Trains (Doing OK)

[matcom]

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ROSEMOUNT, Minn. (AP) -- If cats have nine lives, then this dog has at least three.

A wee dachshund from Rosemount earned the nickname Railroad Joe recently, after running away from owners Tom and Cindy Caruth.

The stubby-legged dog took up life on the tracks and made a legend of himself by getting run over by freight trains at least three times in five days -- twice by the same conductor.

The steel wheels nipped one of his floppy ears and sliced off part of his tail. But each time he ducked low enough between the rails for the trains to clear him.

"It's hard telling how many trains went over that poor little dog," said Union Pacific conductor Terry Vanderlinden, the man who ran over Joe twice.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2004/01/02/dog_run_over_by_trains_multiple_times_ok/

[RUexperienced]

1. Named Lucky?

[underpants]

2. I knew a guy who had a pit bull that got hit by a train a snowmobile AND..

a moose.

Theat dog had all kinds of pins in it. Good dog, Pete I think it's name was.

[matcom]

3. that was one BAD DAY for ole Pete!

:P

[underpants]

5. A series of ten years

ole Pete lived in South Dakota or someplace like that.

[SheilaT]

4. If he were a human he'd be a potential

Darwin Award recipient. How long will it take for this dog to figure out that train tracks aren't a very good place to hang out?

[xchrom]

6. poor baby

my heart nearly stopped just reading this.
i hope tom and cindy have gotten a better collar and leash.