Look at this douche 28 seconds in.
http://www.youtube...atch?v=ekW8t6Q-0Z4

And these jackasses
http://www.youtube...atch?v=ZSS_R9768ng

Fuck. There is a spot In Vancouver (new wetsminster) where the cn/BNSF curve right past a few year old BART (skytrain) station. I'm just waiting to hear some bad news that some kid gets hit. Some fucking good fencing would be in order perhaps. Most of the idiots i see cross there have no fuckin sense of what is going on. The Via and Amtrak fly buy very very fast, and the corner is blind.

http://www.youtube...atch?v=9jBMiWJLsSI

BK, the second link has been removed by the user, so we can't see it. The first one, that old man? Ahhhh, yeah, thats too close. That old dude couldn't have moved fast enough to get out of the way if he had to. I'm sorry but thats just plain stupidity. So is the dude trying to get the video of the passenger train.

So what is to close? In my opinion it depends on the train speed, but the railroad around my area tells you to stay back 15 feet from the track. Seriously. Thats too close for me at track speed, which on one line is 70 mph (79 for Amtrak).

My son and I use about a 30 feet distance as a general rule for the closest we get.

Good indicator is the arms for the signals. If they are NOT between you and the tracks, you are too close.

That old man was a fool! He could have easily been killed.

This is http://www.youtube...atch?v=pTLErRnjR6g

http://englishrussia.com/?p=2367

They're just one dragging hosebag or low hanging part away from a serious injury. If something dragging got caught on their clothes it would get messy fast.

Thats what I was thinking. I mean how would they know nothing is that low. Who would want to be the first to test that?

Holy SHit!! How stupid can people get? That is one of the dumbest stunts I have ever seen in my life.

I'll admit, I was on the platform waiting for my train and was really dumb. Taking pictures, I got a bit too close and luckily I was blown away from the edge right as the train passed by:

Serousily? Too close is when the train flashes its lights at you, blows the horn madly, and then lays on it til you move. That's how close.

If you're stuck on a split platform or an area when a train is coming, move. Doesn't matter if you run back across the tracks or away into the yard, just move.

Too close is when you get smacked, hurt, or die from the closeness experience...

My two cents...

An old video, but some foreman didn't get their machinery away from the tracks in time...

http://www.youtube...atch?v=Fo2Ye1kYFWU

When I park somewhere (i.e. my usual spot at Vandorf, or Vivian Sideroads north of Toronto), I always try to stay a good 80 to 100 feet back. If the train is going slow, I can pull forward, or walk forward.

I was once sitting at Vandorf, chatting to a fellow foamer... Completely oblivious to the radio traffic. We saw one train blow past us... Going very fast. We then sat there, chatting (I think about star wars) for about an hour, and wondered what was going on. By this time when we turned on the radio, there was no traffic. It took a CN Crew change vehicle coming up to us, and asking us for directions, did we finaly figure out something was wrong... Sure enough, a mile up the line... that same train derailed, 28 cars off the rear of the train.

We were sitting by the hot box detector, and apparently the hot box detector went off, causing the engineer to throw the train into full emergency stop and overreact a tad. The end of the train was on a curve at this point, and the whole tail end derailed.

That was only 1 of 3 close calls I have had while rain fanning, in regards to derailments. So yes, I stay far back... You just never know!

this is too close, homies

http://www.youtube...atch?v=rrO8AFGi_rc

Posted by steponmebbbboom this is too close, homies http://www.youtube...atch?v=rrO8AFGi_rc

Haha!

More train related injury madness:

http://www.youtube...v=3Nm5kGok-l8&NR=1

I was saying goodbye to my friend at the GO station this evening when the Amtrak Maple Leaf went by... holy fuck the thing scared me, going so fast!

Posted by insanedArk Haha! More train related injury madness: http://www.youtube...v=3Nm5kGok-l8&NR=1 I was saying goodbye to my friend at the GO station this evening when the Amtrak Maple Leaf went by... holy fuck the thing scared me, going so fast!

Between Hamilton and Toronto Union, the Maple Leaf will be allowed to hit 90-100 MPH if the Amtrak engineer when transfering the train to VIA disables the speed alarm (which apparently happens a lot). I've been on the Maple Leaf when the detector after Oakville calls out 90 MPH.

I didn't realize that Via #1 was going 80 until my coworker told me after I was buried in a cloud of snow.



Or when you lose your shoe.

http://www.youtube...atch?v=N52t5Hq6RiY

http://www.youtube...atch?v=phCEUtJj8rc

Love how the cows don't respond to the blaring horns and the diniging bells... but appearently do to a few bangs of a metal bit