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Just saw that on Yahoo, bet she's not going to try that again! WOW! 
I saw that and immediately thought of Patrick McGoohan in the movie "Silver Streak!"
- Mike
It wasn't as close as it looked. Beside, somebody was holding the camera out the window just as far. It didn't look like it happened in the US, they were running left hand, and the loco was not North American.
I was standing on the Metra platform in La Grange, Illinois on Sunday when a BNSF intermodal passed 8 feet from me at over 40 MPH. The blast of wind was impressive, and I'm a big guy. That's what scared the living daylights out of her.
The coach also had a set of wheels with bad flat spots. That's what the rhythmic pounding is. I'd hate to have to ride in that coach for any length of time!
And it was not anywhere near as close as it looked. You cannot reach out and touch a train on a neighboring track. Typical media hype about something they know nothing about. 
Now we know why the windows on our train cars don't open anymore.
