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In reply to the discussion: Taking photos on train tracks: ‘A mistake you can’t undo.’ [View all]Marr
(20,317 posts)9. I've never understood it either.
In the city, it's different-- the commuter trains can be fairly quiet and the city is very noisy. It'd almost be like being hit by a car-- very easy to imagine.
But in the countryside, or some small town with a rail line running through it? I don't get it. You can literally hear the train coming a mile off.
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Every time we've gone up to Dallas, we've seen people wait for cars to clear,
ScreamingMeemie
Oct 2015
#19
The speed of a train is sufficient that it's often almost on top of you before you hear it.
Chan790
Oct 2015
#38
Yeah, the Amtrak Acela is scary enough when it zooms through a station without stopping.
Nye Bevan
Oct 2015
#11
Metra and Amtrak trains share lines in Chicago, and it's exactly the same way
bullwinkle428
Oct 2015
#24
I was thinking the same thing. What I suspect: Maybe people are taking pictures of the approaching..
BlueJazz
Oct 2015
#28
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
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
A Train, a Trestle and 60 Seconds to Escape: How 'Midnight Rider' Victim Sarah Jones Lost Her Life
mahatmakanejeeves
Oct 2015
#36