While we were on our walk we heard a lound SMASH sound. As we walked closer we saw that a car had drove onto the railroad and was stuck!

This isn't some side spur or anything, this was the main railway. We're talking about a train every five or ten minutes.

We ran over to help get the car off the track. Eli, Tyler, and I pushed while the driver drove in reverse. She totally floored it and rocks came flying at our legs. Eli was hit in the shin by one of the flying rocks but was okay. The car eventually was back on the road but it had sustained some major damage. (The bumper was almost falling off, there was surely some damage to the underside of the engine, and the driver-side front tire was flat.) Apparently unaware of these problems, the car drove around the block and onto another road.

About five minutes after we got the car out, a Westbound train came barreling through the intersection. SCARY. This picture was taken as we quickly crossed a busy street after getting the car back on the road.