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Published: 2011-05-11 03:16:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 574; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 0
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For the record, these two were NOT splattered on the pilot of the lead unit.Here two teens walk up the tracks just a few seconds ahead of the southbound P56 running light to Manassas. I almost yelled at them, but I figured the train itself would be enough of a hint to move when it came...
NS 9175 GE C40-9W
NS 9091 GE C40-9W
NS 8906/8 GE C40-9W
S/B NS P56 Local - Light Power Move
NS Piedmont Division, Washington District, Burke Centre @ MP 21.6, Main 2
Burke, VA
May 2011
Nikon D90 DSLR
Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D
Ā© Michael Mueller (Fritzchen | Fotografie). You may NOT use, replicate, manipulate, or modify this image without my permission. All Rights Reserved.
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They are very high in the Darwin award ranking, probably "survival of the dumbest award 2011", are those people never thinking about the conductors, the brakeway a locomotive has? Last year in our village a young women got killed because she crossed a track in foggy weather, she was caught by an Ae 6/6 which was going with shunting speed, the conductor naturally made a emergency brakeing but the locomotive (120 tons) had another 40 meters to stop
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I don't see this kind of idiocy as much in Germany, but most German mainlines are sealed off better than this one is.
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Most Germans are probably also smarter than most Americans...
But there's also the fact that a lot of the railways here are still on more or less their original routes laid down in the mid to late 1800s, so towns and cities have sort of grown around and right up against them, whereas a lot of infrastructure in Germany (and the rest of Europe really) is newer thanks to WW2 and a much better rail system that was put in place afterwards. The ease of access is nice, but I'd prefer the better infrastructure and design...
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You wonder what the general public is thinking sometimes when they call the cops on you instead of dummies like these.
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And I can't count how many times I've almost had to call them myself... Sometimes I wish it were legal to use a radio to talk to train crews so I could warn them of people like this.
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It would just get you caught unfortunately.
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Very true. Some days I just wish I were a member of law enforcement...
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everytime i see this it's like when i see skaterboarders, i jsut hope they hit a rock and fall. in this case i hope they fall and clear the tracks with just enough time to lose a finger or something to teach them not too walk the tracks
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I tend to hope the engineer has to hit the mushroom so he/she can get out and give the idiots a what for. My personal favorite is still people with their iPods playing in their ears as they walk down the tracks between the rails. At least walk in the ballast on the side, people!
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I'm trying to come up with a clever name for those people involving the I in Ipod, like Itrain... but really clever, however all i can come up with are Idiots. Maybe we could call those people Diots
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"Introducing the new iSplat! Now with 50% MORE GIBLETS!!"
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hmm going to have to get longer running wiper blades for the locos... rainx needs a sturdier model that can wipe away the chunks
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Well, it IS raining today, so maybe we'll be good until tomorrow.
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And maybe a shovel.
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Ishovel patent pending. only 4 easy payments of 39.99 plus shipping and handling, but wait call now and we'll double your order!
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You mean I get a SECOND iShovel ABSOLUTELY FREE (just pay additional shipping and handling)?! Sign me up for twelve of them!
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would that be 6 with 6 free (plus shipping and handling ) or 12 plus 12 free (plus shipping and handling)
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Probably both. I'd tell them "give me six" and they'd say "okay so we're sending you your twelve iShovels." I'd confirm and say "okay twelve iShovels" and they'd say "oh, so twenty four then, okay" followed by my "wait, WHAT?"
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Oh, but we DO still need a mop/hose for the porch and steps.
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thats sold seperatly for more profits for the makers of isplat
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Do they at least include the friggin' batteries? I HATE when batteries aren't included with things...
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yeah they include a cheap set of batteries guaranteed to last 3 minutes....
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Oh, so the crummy store-brand ones they always give you. You get what you (don't) pay for there... Why I go to Costco and get the 36 Energizer AA-s for ~$14. Awesome deal.
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yeah i roll with energizer or duracell who ever is better deal at the moment
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Crazy people
Haha you were ready to make the "sccop of the year"
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Maybe, but crazy sounds too much like they have an excuse to be doing this. "Dumb" might be a better adjective.
Possibly so, though I hope I never get that photo opportunity...
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Haha yeah talian "stu" an"dumb" have more or less the same meaning...
Yeah, i hope it for you, too...
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