This jerk never looked eiher way s he crossed 4 active tracks. The engine was sitting still.
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Maybe he should be a candidate for this year's Darwin Awards.....LOL
In any event, you can rest assured that if something had happened, people would be screaming that the railroad doesn't care about public safety. Fool.
Seeing him with that pack and looking not too concerned I would guess he's probably a rider getting into position for a catch out on the next train.
You know there is a chance that this young fellow knew the engine was sitting still.
IMO, the question of the trains motion is not the issue. Unless he is an employee of the railroad, which I doubt, he is on private property.
Owning a fair size piece of land, I continuously deal with trespassers who have cost me a small fortune in repairs. I have no Sympathy or Tolerance for Trespassers.
This was at Rochester, Pa. where the Beaver River flows in to the Ohio which was behind me. It is a popular place for walkers, bikers, rail fans and boaters. To my left is a blind curve which is a down grade on the NS main line. Sometimes the trains come around that curve fast and silent. At first I though this guy was a walker going along the road I was on. he stopped near me, hitched that back pack on and headed across the track. He never looked up or to either side. I was sort of dumb founded and took that snap shot. The town is on the other side and up a hill. There is a new bridge that crosses the track to the right but they removed the steps so more people walk across the tracks. The thing that amazed me was that he never looked once. He wasn't young- maybe 40.
Gentlemen,
It seems we have an increasing population that has no respect for the law today, this man was not only a fool he was a law breaker also. His lack of respect for the law may someday cost him his life.
PCRR/Dave
Wow. You guys sure infer a lot from 1 picture.
probably too busy looking at his phone.
probably too busy looking at his phone.
.... or looking at the OGR forum! 
Jim
and whatever you do...don't stop...run in front of...
If you look at that photo.our friend is stepping across to live tracks without ever looking. The engine was on a coal train blocking his vision plus it was idling which would help mask noise. He is an idiot and some day it might cost him dearly.
gotta thin the heard out somehow.
gotta thin the heard out somehow. if people are too stupid to look before crossing tracks or a road, that's on them. I feel bad for the train crew that would hit someone.
jim pastorius posted:If you look at that photo.our friend is stepping across to live tracks without ever looking. The engine was on a coal train blocking his vision plus it was idling which would help mask noise. He is an idiot and some day it might cost him dearly.
Jim how do you know the guy didn't make a quick glance to his right or perhaps he has excellent peripheral vision? From where I'm sitting I can't tell; therefore, I can't assume anything either way. But then again I'm left handed.
I have a signed certificate that obviates me from any responsibility for other people's stupidity, that causes no harm to myself.
wild mary posted:jim pastorius posted:If you look at that photo.our friend is stepping across to live tracks without ever looking. The engine was on a coal train blocking his vision plus it was idling which would help mask noise. He is an idiot and some day it might cost him dearly.
Jim how do you know the guy didn't make a quick glance to his right or perhaps he has excellent peripheral vision? From where I'm sitting I can't tell; therefore, I can't assume anything either way. But then again I'm left handed.
What difference does it make? He was still TRESPASSING!!!!!!!
Hot Water posted:What difference does it make? He was still TRESPASSING!!!!!!!
Makes no difference at all and that's the point I was making. And YES he was still TRESPASSING.......
Makes a real big difference if he got hit by a train.
wild mary posted:You know there is a chance that this young fellow knew the engine was sitting still.
But even a train which is not moving can begin to move. An any time. By the crew at the other end. By a beltpack and radio equipped loco or car. By gravity if something happens to the brakes......The mass ratio is train:auto::auto:coke can. A train hitting a person directly.....very messy and deadly outcome.
Gentlemen,
I do believe Steamer is right on this one, it just helps thin out the Gene Pool when fools do stuff like this.
PCRR/Dave
I bet he's in trouble when he gets home.
Dominic Mazoch posted:wild mary posted:You know there is a chance that this young fellow knew the engine was sitting still.
But even a train which is not moving can begin to move. An any time. ...
...preceded by two long horn blasts meaning "brakes released and ready to proceed".
at that range, it's likely s/he would have heard it.
Clarence Siman posted:In any event, you can rest assured that if something had happened, people would be screaming that the railroad doesn't care about public safety. Fool.
Looks like he does not care ether.Another way to end up in a early grave.
The trains sitting still isn't really his problem: its the one behind it one the next track that is his problem.
This photo literally makes me sick to my stomach!
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