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| 1 2 3 | UER Forum > UE Main > The Light at the End of the Tunnel Is a Train (Viewed 17224 times) |
Esoterik
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| | | Re: The Light at the End of the Tunnel Is a Train < Reply # 41 on 11/1/2014 5:53 PM > | Reply with Quote
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| Granuaile
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| | | Re: The Light at the End of the Tunnel Is a Train < Reply # 42 on 11/2/2014 7:47 PM > | Reply with Quote
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| "First rule of space travel, kids, is always answer distress beacons. 9 out of 10 times it's a ship full of dead bodies and free shit." |
| unyi5465
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| | | Re: The Light at the End of the Tunnel Is a Train < Reply # 43 on 12/5/2014 3:36 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by Granuaile
I get kinda freaked out too! I mean like even though I know there is no trains..
I am even paranoid on abandoned tracks. Really any tracks I find myself on make me super alert. I hope they send out a notice to people letting them know the trains are running again....
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| superss
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| | | Re: The Light at the End of the Tunnel Is a Train < Reply # 45 on 12/8/2014 12:50 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by ZenCanadian Always treat all tracks as live and that a train can come around at any time and more importantly, a freight train going 35mph+ coming from behind you is pretty damn quiet. ...................If you go out on your own or even with people, do not listen to tunes and have your head on a swivel!
| I grew up in an area of multiple train tracks & a maintenance yard, we were around trains on an almost daily basis. If we were walking to the lacrosse box or hockey rink we were probably hopping the tracks. During the summer we would be climbing trains or racing jiggers up & down the side tracks. We were much more aware of the dangers of trains, we had experienced the silent stationary train with it's engine running & realized the surprise as you stepped off to the side. We had experienced the moving rails as the trains approached or been fooled by which track the train was really on. We had moved out of the way of one train to only realize there was another on the next set of tracks. Thank God we didn't blindly jump onto that other track. Despite our familiarity with trains, I think most of us kids that grew up there would have an "oh shit" story. The "have your head on a swivel" comment is great advise, I remember doing that with each set of the dozen plus tracks we would cross. The other bit of advise, have an out or don't do it.
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| Harvestman
Location: Somewhere in SORTA/TANK Territory! Gender: Male Total Likes: 565 likes
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| | | | Re: The Light at the End of the Tunnel Is a Train < Reply # 46 on 12/8/2014 7:15 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | A while ago, I went hiking with three friends and crossed a bridge similar to this, but about twice as high - it was the only way to go apart from crossing the river, unfortunately. Suddenly I thought I heard something and turned around, only to see smoke. I checked the tracks, and they were humming. Holy fucking hell I'm going to jump or die, went my thought process. I shout "TRAIN" at the top of my voice and everyone starts literally running for their lives. Unfortunately my friend Vern is terrified of two things: falling off of tall bridges, and trains. He chooses to let his fears take over his walnut-sized brain and clings to the bridge like it's his mother. Needless to say, I don't want to see someone die, especially a friend of mine (I'm also behind him, so there's that), so I pull him off the tracks and we try to outrun this big fucking train headed straight toward us. We ended up jumping off the embankment just before we were caught by the train, but I swear we couldn't have been more than five feet away. I also ended up getting a crotch full of leeches on that hiking trip, but that's a non-train-related story for another time.
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| Aran
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| | | Re: The Light at the End of the Tunnel Is a Train < Reply # 47 on 12/9/2014 1:52 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Yeah, I live in a small city, so most of the trains don't break 15 mph within city limits, and sound their horns before every crossing. As a result, I haven't developed the wariness many other people seem to possess, especially seeing as I usually only walk along the tracks to get to railside abandonments. Like someone else here said "You have to be a drunk old many in a wheelchair to get hit by one." Hell, I even know people who jump on moving trains as a game, though that seems about as stupid as playing "Chicken".
However, a friend of mine is always wary on the tracks. She grew up in Chicago, so train safety was ingrained like fire safety in elementary schools. So I'm always looking over my shoulder near tracks, since I trust her judgement. You know, I was driving out in the country once, and saw a train that was easily keeping pace with me while I was doing 65 on the highway. It really drove home the power these things have.
| "Sorry, I didn't know I'm not supposed to be here," he said, knowing full well he wasn't supposed to be there. |
| Xante
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| | | Re: The Light at the End of the Tunnel Is a Train < Reply # 51 on 12/7/2017 8:51 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Never had a close encounter myself. However, both me and my fiancé are first responders, that being said, things have been seen... No horror stories to speak of as yet, most of the calls we have responded to are train vs logging truck or train vs car. So far haven't had to respond to a fatality, some injuries, but no splatter. Thankfully we both left a fire department that gets more calls than the other department we are with. The department we left has it's main station sitting maybe 50-100ft away from two very active tracks. If you are trainspotting in the US, and in Georgia, visit Charlton County, GA. Folkston has some spotting area's setup so that train watchers can watch, video, photograph from a safe distance. They also have live streaming http://virtualrail...m/chessie-cams-hd/
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| NeuroticMatt
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| | | Re: The Light at the End of the Tunnel Is a Train < Reply # 53 on 12/8/2017 1:47 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by Harvestman
A while ago, I went hiking with three friends and crossed a bridge similar to this, but about twice as high - it was the only way to go apart from crossing the river, unfortunately. Suddenly I thought I heard something and turned around, only to see smoke. I checked the tracks, and they were humming. Holy fucking hell I'm going to jump or die, went my thought process. I shout "TRAIN" at the top of my voice and everyone starts literally running for their lives. Unfortunately my friend Vern is terrified of two things: falling off of tall bridges, and trains. He chooses to let his fears take over his walnut-sized brain and clings to the bridge like it's his mother. Needless to say, I don't want to see someone die, especially a friend of mine (I'm also behind him, so there's that), so I pull him off the tracks and we try to outrun this big fucking train headed straight toward us. We ended up jumping off the embankment just before we were caught by the train, but I swear we couldn't have been more than five feet away. I also ended up getting a crotch full of leeches on that hiking trip, but that's a non-train-related story for another time.
| If only Ray Brower had been so lucky. That train knocked him right out of his Keds if I recall correctly.
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