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Spotlight_Buddha
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| | | Re: The Light at the End of the Tunnel Is a Train < Reply # 28 on 8/1/2014 4:39 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | I was Urban exploring with another person in broad daylight on a set of train tracks off of a major highway downtown. We had just found this beautiful abandoned bridge filled with graffiti from another era. The area was covered with the signs of disuse, weeds growing in between the rusted tracks, squatters hunkered by in tents eying us curiously, while a man practiced his scales on the saxophone. (I couldn't make that last part up if I tried...) We were just about to leave, when suddenly I spot a large Green and White train in front of us. I turn to my partner and say casually, "Hey, is that a train?" She shrugged and replied, "Yeah, but these tracks aren't used are they?" So we waited...And it got closer. I looked to my left and saw another set of tracks, newer, but not by much, less then a stones throw away from where we were standing. "It's probably going to take those tracks." I thought, trying to convince myself of my security. It got closer. And closer. Until we both realized with a start, that it was coming right at us. Panicking, with less than a few meters between us and it, we dove off the side of the tracks into a fence and waited for it to pass with less than a few feet between us and Green death... But to our surprise--It merely hopped onto the other set of tracks on the other side from where we were standing...Literally 5m away from us... We laughed off our stupid luck and got off the tracks further down the way. Tracks are dangerous, but the lesson learned here is, if you're going to go Tracking, then you should know your train routes and train schedules inside out... If we were any further down there would have been no where to run to.
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| Granuaile
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| | | Re: The Light at the End of the Tunnel Is a Train < Reply # 32 on 8/1/2014 5:49 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | more railfan safety tips via abuserfriendly.tumblr.com: Distances from Moving Trains While Trainwatching and Their Implications 4 feet or less: you’re dead. Wide, solid stuff overhangs the sides of freight trains and it’s not exactly cushy stuff. Trains going over 80 mph can suck you under them. 4 to 12 feet: you’re called in to the dispatcher or photographed by the train crew, the cops come and hassle or arrest you if they choose to be mean about it. Run all you want, they’ve got pictures. 12 to 16 feet on railroad property: see above. 16 feet or more on railroad property: still trespassing, will be called in unless the train crew is really busy and its the middle of nowhere. Best be moving on quickly unless “nightstick sandwich” is one of your favorite dishes. 16 feet or more off railroad property: should be OK, but you will still be inhaling diesel exhaust, carcinogenic coal dust, and getting sprayed with raw sewage if retention toilets are not being used in your country. If you’re cool with all of the above, rock on! Make sure you get a nice shot.
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| Dayman
Location: Oxford, Ohio/Middletown, Ohio Gender: Male Total Likes: 200 likes
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| | | Re: The Light at the End of the Tunnel Is a Train < Reply # 33 on 8/2/2014 3:33 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | I have a strong distaste for lightrail/trolley/subway system here in Pittsburgh. I could go on forever about how much I hate it, but I mostly do for the fact when I was in 6th grade I lived in a duplex that was 25ft from the tracks. Being a 6th grader, having a 15ft fence and trolley tracks for a backyard is pretty shitty. Not to mention the fact I was the midst of a phase of struggling to sleep regardless of te circumstances, so having my room be the closest one to the tracks made things even better... Wait what were we talking about? Oh yeah, close calls with trains...none that I recall really other than than the everyday scattering off the tracks when a T came in to view, that came with walking home along the tracks with my friends when I was in middle school. An elderly couple in their car did get struck by a train a few weeks ago. http://pittsburgh....in-castle-shannon/Don't you just hate how those big flashing warning lights and arms just come out of nowhere and give you no warning that a trains coming?! That was actually just about a half mile up the tracks from where I used to live and I occasionally take that road on my way to work. Back in '89 a recent ex-girlfriend of my best friend's father was brutally murdered while taking a short cut across the tracks about a quarter mile down the other direction down the tracks. http://crimesandtr...rnal.com/2393.html Also an ex-boyfriend of an older sister of one of my classmates, was hitting by a train in that same 1 mile stretch of track, attempting suicide after attempting to murder of her. http://triblive.co...html#axzz39CWLqnE6 Moral of the story stay the fuck away from trolley tracks, unless you planning on getting murdered, failing to commit suicide after an attempted murder, or getting into a literal traffic jam.
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