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Nothing surprises me anymore. 
I saw this yesterday. I think this guy used to work for a railroad.
He boards that car correctly, with the trailing foot in the stirrup first and maintaining 3 points of contact. He swings up on that car just like a pro, and I'm sure he has done this before. I've probably done it 1,000 times in my career.
He doesn't get DOWN correctly...he appears to just jump off...but it's a low flat car and he's a young guy.
Think I'll get a Jimmy Johns sandwich for dinner tonight. 
OGR Webmaster posted:He doesn't get DOWN correctly...he appears to just jump off...but it's a low flat car and he's a young guy.
Think I'll get a Jimmy Johns sandwich for dinner tonight.
True, but the fact that he catches the grade crossing makes that dismount much easier. The video was so cleanly captured, it makes me think it was staged, perhaps even a publicity stunt for Jimmy Johns. If that's the case, they sure sucked the local news channel in.
I actually saw something similar a few years ago. An oil train was stopped, blocking a grade crossing for a very long time. A guy with a bike went over, but the real winner was the idiot who decided to go UNDER.
Did you catch the Jersey Mikes sign in the background? Jimmys got to stay ahead of the competition. 
He's got coordination. I have tough enough time carrying a bike over a fallen log.
I once saw and heard a college lacrosse coach instruct his team to crawl under our stopped train to get to the field as we waited for paper. We were in the process of repeating the order and could have moved in just seconds. When I jumped up and ran out to stop them, the coach said, "Hey! we've got a match". To which I replied, "you could have a funeral next time". I later contacted the athletic director of the university concerning educating the coaches about railroad safety since there are several tennis, basketball and soccer fields that can only be accessed by crossing the tracks (good planning!) . His reply was patronizing at best and dismissive at worst.
The situation still exists to this day with daily pedestrian crossings to the fields between stored freight cars on sidings and an active running track with reverse moves on a curve. How no one has been killed is simply a miracle.
