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Train Misses Target by Inches...
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 12:37 pm
by AARR
This guy nearly got a closer picture than he intended
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1935679
Re: Train Misses Target by Inches...
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 1:57 pm
by ~Z~
wow..that was quite close.
Re: Train Misses Target by Inches...
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 3:04 pm
by GTW6401
Freaking Foamers......
Re: Train Misses Target by Inches...
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 5:30 pm
by GT Railfan
I think we have found a winner for the Darwin Award!
Re: Train Misses Target by Inches...
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 5:43 pm
by ~Z~
GT Railfan wrote:I think we have found a winner for the Darwin Award!
Can't win the award unless you die and get weeded out of the gene pool.
Re: Train Misses Target by Inches...
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 7:11 pm
by AARR
railroadfan wrote:GT Railfan wrote:I think we have found a winner for the Darwin Award!
Can't win the award unless you die and get weeded out of the gene pool.
Or you live but can't reproduce
by GTW6401 on Fri May 14, 2010 3:04 pm
Freaking Foamers......
Agreed!
Re: Train Misses Target by Inches...
Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 10:38 pm
by Shorthaul
I say. What a pedandic and loony fellow that man was. It is an utter dissapointment that blokes like that stand on britannia in these times.
Re: Train Misses Target by Inches...
Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 2:36 am
by J T
I see people getting that close to cars and trucks speeding by all the time...yet no one makes a big deal about that stuff.
Re: Train Misses Target by Inches...
Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 8:18 am
by A No.1
I would like to see the video out of That guys camera. LoL.
Re: Train Misses Target by Inches...
Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 5:21 pm
by Josh
I had the exact same thing happen to me in Rochelle only he wasn't goin near that fast and i had few seconds warning to back up.
Re: Train Misses Target by Inches...
Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 9:39 pm
by GP9R
zoid
Re: Train Misses Target by Inches...
Posted: Mon May 17, 2010 9:11 pm
by hoborich
The guy was an idiot! That said, why do British trains speed through stations, and occupied passenger platforms at that speed, with no bell, and no horn?
Re: Train Misses Target by Inches...
Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 12:04 am
by CSX_CO
hoborich wrote:The guy was an idiot! That said, why do British trains speed through stations, and occupied passenger platforms at that speed, with no bell, and no horn?
Because most people are smart enough not to stand on railroad tracks, duh!
Actually, from what I gather, trespassing ON the tracks in the UK is a bit of a rare thing. They have respect for the property lines, and probably helps that they have very few at grade crossings over there.
Practice Safe CSX
Re: Train Misses Target by Inches...
Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 1:07 am
by SD80MAC
British Rails seem a lot safer than our own. Most of the right of ways are fenced in, there are few grade crossings, and they respect the dangers of tresspassing, as had been said.
Re: Train Misses Target by Inches...
Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 7:50 am
by AARR
J T wrote:I see people getting that close to cars and trucks speeding by all the time...yet no one makes a big deal about that stuff.
There are TV shows dedicated to close-calls with vehicles. True TV is one channel that features video's of people nearly getting killed by vehicles.
Re: Train Misses Target by Inches...
Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 12:20 pm
by J T
AARR wrote:J T wrote:I see people getting that close to cars and trucks speeding by all the time...yet no one makes a big deal about that stuff.
There are TV shows dedicated to close-calls with vehicles. True TV is one channel that features video's of people nearly getting killed by vehicles.
Yes, and near-misses happen daily...probably in the thousands.