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6. I am familiar with the practice of which you speak.

Fri Oct 2, 2015, 12:08 PM

Oct 2015

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The frequency in use at Boyds is 160.230 MHz. I had that figure at the top of my head. I used to go out to that line to photograph (Pentax, Kodachrome 25) the MARC F-units. I notice the article says they were using a 35mm camera.

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Taking photos on train tracks: ‘A mistake you can’t undo.’ [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2015 OP

Really sad. stage left Oct 2015 #1

See tracks, think train. It's not hard. Brickbat Oct 2015 #2

Trains don't exactly come up on you silently. hobbit709 Oct 2015 #3

That is what I am wondering sarisataka Oct 2015 #7

Headphones? Fumesucker Oct 2015 #10

Maybe... sarisataka Oct 2015 #12

Every time we've gone up to Dallas, we've seen people wait for cars to clear, ScreamingMeemie Oct 2015 #19

The photo shows no headphones. That boy was killed. WinkyDink Oct 2015 #15

People misjudge distance and speed Gormy Cuss Oct 2015 #21

The speed of a train is sufficient that it's often almost on top of you before you hear it. Chan790 Oct 2015 #38

Along the Northeast Corridor, they do jberryhill Oct 2015 #8

Yeah, the Amtrak Acela is scary enough when it zooms through a station without stopping. Nye Bevan Oct 2015 #11

Sort of like this: mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2015 #14

Metra and Amtrak trains share lines in Chicago, and it's exactly the same way bullwinkle428 Oct 2015 #24

Actually they can Populist_Prole Oct 2015 #13

That's what is in place at Boyds. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2015 #20

I used to do a fair amount of "trainspotting" which involved LeftinOH Oct 2015 #4

I am familiar with the practice of which you speak. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2015 #6

I've never understood it either. Marr Oct 2015 #9

I was thinking the same thing. What I suspect: Maybe people are taking pictures of the approaching.. BlueJazz Oct 2015 #28

I was almost hit at an unmarked crossing in rural OK. PeoViejo Oct 2015 #29

The SO's father was killed by a train in 1946 while doing maintenance on ballast HereSince1628 Oct 2015 #27

Someone shoot themselves in face- darwin award, idiots get killed by train- then it's "sad" snooper2 Oct 2015 #5

Thats highly insensitive of you darkangel218 Oct 2015 #22

Train tracks are emotionally powerful symbols, especially in America. Bucky Oct 2015 #16

Our entertainment media doesn't help, either. Archae Oct 2015 #25

Here is the original article in the Washington Post about the incident: mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2015 #17

a friend was killed in high school in 1970ish shooting photos on train tracks uppityperson Oct 2015 #18

Woman Arrested After Doing Yoga On Metro Tracks mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2015 #23

I'll bet taking photos in the bathroom is more dangerous Android3.14 Oct 2015 #26

I have a friend who did that and wound up feeling rather flushed. Orrex Oct 2015 #33

That's a crappy pun. Android3.14 Oct 2015 #34

People who do this have some loco motives. Orrex Oct 2015 #30

. ohnoyoudidnt Oct 2015 #31

:) pinboy3niner Oct 2015 #32

The problem with train puns... Android3.14 Oct 2015 #35

A Train, a Trestle and 60 Seconds to Escape: How 'Midnight Rider' Victim Sarah Jones Lost Her Life mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2015 #36

They really need a symposium about the dangers of track photography? Initech Oct 2015 #37