Kicked by a trainman?

I would say that it is certainly 'staged'.

In this frame, the 'leg' appears to be from a person sitting on the front of the locomotive. But the 'leg' also appears to be very insubstantial. More likely a shoe affixed to a pole, or even a piece of string.

In this frame, the 'leg' has moved a considerable distance rearwards, without any aparenr movement of the possible other 'leg' on the locomotive, and appears to be even skinnier than in the earlier frame.

Also, I would think that if he had actually been kicked in the head, he would have fallen over at the very least.

So my vote is firmly for 'fake'.  

I think it's staged. I, for one would not be standing that close to the rails with an oncoming train seconds away. He seems entirely too casual about the notion. I agree with Nicole, it's unlikely that he would still be standing after such a strike. He also doesn't appear that surprised by it. I also question the reach of ones leg from a moving train. Whole thing is a bit of a stretch.

Staged!

Staged for sure.  I find it amazing that almost everything is caught on film these days.  Surley they can't all be staged.

Funny how this very thread is mentioned in this article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/...-train-selfie-video/

THAT IS FUNNY!

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Ralph

The blue and yellow make me think of Canada's Via Rail...??

Note that it appears to not be a "train" but a locomotive with no cars.

The Washington Post article says the guy claims it was taken in Peru. That's possible, they may have paid the crew in some remote area to do the "shoe on a stick" routine. It could be volunteers at some historical museum or something.