The link takes me to a Facebook login, but since I’m not on Facesheep, I guess I will never know what this was
Vic,
It’s that same video we all saw about a year back in which some Brit dummy narrowly misses getting hit by a train coming from the opposite direction.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUt8Qh6Lto8[/youtube]
There are times - quite often - when I wonder how some people made it this far.
A few weeks back there was a city council in BC - with the mayor spouting nonsense! - supporting a Native group in their request to have a pedestrian walkway installed on a CN Rail bridge. Yes, I actually watched quite a few people using that railway bridge as a short cut, this despite there being a road bridge with a separated pedestrian walkway a short walking distance up river. The gist: “Not so smart” can be found at every level of society.
A second shot of the same situation.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae_P4OO1TtM[/youtube]
Aww… He had at least 10-12 inches of clearance… he did not jump until the train passed… no help for the gene pool there!
I kinda figure, with the speed of the train, he couldn’t have moved anyway, untill it passed, and he got out of the ““draft”” from the winds… Dang lucky he didn’t get sucked into the train as it passed…
Should be pressure leading the loco, and vacuum after it passed… Actually more difficult to get hit in this situation than it looks.
Watch the second video, there was no vacuum as the train was passing (he did not hit the train)…
Greg
Whichever way, railfanning in the UK is probably best done from a distance, they wouldn’t find me in a crowd that jostles for a better spot - on a station platform where the usual highspeed traffic keeps going. I’d be out along the line with clear sight lines to pan as the train comes by. OTOH I’ve seen the same unruly crowds back in '89 on the “100 Hours of RhB” trip. A lot of them were speaking with that stiff upper lip accent and just didn’t know what a photo line is all about.
Mr Mueller - has some Brit or other pissed in your corn-flakes recently, or is all this pent-up Brit-hate that is colouring your recent posts symptomatic of something more worriesome? I’m getting a mite concerned that it is taking over your usually informative posts with something a lot less welcome.
I recall vividly having some pretty serious times in Switzerland over the last forty-something years, in places where the word ‘glee’ is less than well-understood, but I smile and shrug and get on with it, after all, nobody is actually forcing you to join the British rail-fanning crowd, are they?
tac
Whoa boys!
It really think there is no anti-British conspiracy going here… HJ does indeed cite two specific instances…
Pick some anti Canada ones if you wish TAC…
Or you can attack me for my speculation on the physics of pressure waves ahead of high speed locos…
(or my mama wears army boots)
Greg
Greg Elmassian said:
Whoa boys!It really think there is no anti-British conspiracy going here… HJ does indeed cite two specific instances…
Pick some anti Canada ones if you wish TAC…
Or you can attack me for my speculation on the physics of pressure waves ahead of high speed locos…
(or my mama wears army boots)
Greg
Well, that certainly explains a lot!
tac said:
Mr Mueller - has some Brit or other pissed in your corn-flakes recently, or is all this pent-up Brit-hate that is colouring your recent posts symptomatic of something more worriesome? I'm getting a mite concerned that it is taking over your usually informative posts with something a lot less welcome.I recall vividly having some pretty serious times in Switzerland over the last forty-something years, in places where the word ‘glee’ is less than well-understood, but I smile and shrug and get on with it, after all, nobody is actually forcing you to join the British rail-fanning crowd, are they?
tac
Nah, some of my best friends are Brits :lol: :lol: and have their wits about them. When I see “stupid” I usually call it stupid, while others may call it “not so smart”.
Over on the RhB Forum we had a good laugh a little while back when one of the intrepid Brit drivers had “an experience” with the RhB. Read all about it and note the comments of the forum members from the UK :lol: 
What I find most amazing is the guys expression. I can’t decide if it is “Dam, that was bloody close” or “Dam, that bloody train ruined my shot!”
See Joerg Mueller has spat his dummy out again.
Speaking of thinning the gene pool, I’m sure one of you guys rides a motorcycle… who was it now? :rolleyes:
(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/choochoo_chaboogie/_forumfiles/Motorcycle.jpg)
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Ross Mansell said:Huh? The meaning of that phrase is "adult who gets angry over childish things and over reacts, much like a baby when its toys are taken away. "
See Joerg Mueller has spat his dummy out again. :)
You seem to have it backwards… the angry adult is NOT HJ… it’s someone else.
Greg
To consolidate my interest in a new hobby, I have recently watched many, many British railway films both current heritage/preserved films and earlier films made when firstly steam was being phased out, circa-1968 and later as older generation diesels were being given the chop.
One thing that constantly amazes me is how the audience continually bunches up on railway platforms oblivious to the inherent danger as a heritage train speeds by or as they congregate trackside to get ‘close to the action’. Many films portray an audience member who turns his back filming to follow the train as it passes by, only to be caught offguard as a following train speeds by. Many an audience member reaches out to catch the suprised onlooker who is caught offbalance by the speeding train.
I concur with HJ’s statements as I have seen these occurrences often.
Well, I probably have to clarify “things”.
When I go railfanning I wear clothing that is highly visible e.g. in the summer a limegreen, very light cycling jacket. Add to that a High-Visibility vest, a hard hat (when and where necessary), safety boots (where and when necessary) after all I wouldn’t want to miss out on pictures/footage because I need them in a shop or wherever.
That together with observing the rules and getting permission when I want to do a specific project has, so far, served me well. BTW not observing the rules could mean a $241 ticket and in those instances where the offender is stupid enough to insist that it is his God given right usually a long ban from even the vicinity, if not an arrest on the spot. That’s the details I have a chuckle at when the CP or CN railway cops tell me how “dumb” some people are. Oh before I forget, the other thing I’m in the habit of, I hand one of my cards to any of the railway people who are interested in what I’m doing, same goes for the RCMP if they want to know what’s up. This even worked during the Olympics when security was very, very tight in the Squamish to Whistler corridor and stopping at certain locations without permission was not a good idea.
In my book this registers under “common sense”.
HJ has it right there…their God given right…
We have a great number of similar types in the UK who consider themselves reasonably well educated and intelligent - until it comes to train “spotting” as shown by the clown on the video.
As for those who think they can beat the train by shooting the road crossing and ignoring bell and light warnings and circumventing the barriers…
Apparently it happens to the “professionals” too …
Note: Language warning … apparently she was badly frightened indeed… which is why I’m deliberately NOT embedding it here.
Now that last one looks like the gene pool can do without her… notice she steps away only at the last minute… maybe not realizing the train is wider than the rails.
Greg