Keep your distance

[mikepdx]

This is a reminder to all railfans
to keep your distance:

While a Rail enthusiast was taking video of a freight train going by, He captured the derailment on tape and was almost crushed by the rail car.

Video:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=462_1187148854

[stateboy]

Shame on him for being so close.

[gcgrotz]

Wow! I've always wondered about that. What are the odds of that happening anyway?

[KG4ZPD]

Too close for comfort. I know when I'm out railfanning I try to stay at a safe distance from the tracks. Not only because of that, but the local police like to question you when you're right next to the tracks. I stay in my car until something comes along.

[hoser147]

Was that grain that put him on his a$$. Man that was too close. I dont think that the way ya get corn in your crap.............Hser

[NoRide]

He should have bought a lotto ticket or two that day.

[tarylheiny]

hey i had one go under my nose in sioux city a couple of years ago sure i got him untill i saw him out the side window couldn't have missed him by but inches talk about your heart doing flip flops

[KG4ZPD]

Originally Posted by NoRide

He should have bought a lotto ticket or two that day.

Lucky as h***............

[kb2vxa]

My friend's brother nearly got squashed some years ago and he wasn't nearly that close. The tracks are high on an embankment next to a highway and a boxcar nearly nailed him in a parking lot across the street. I heard the crash and went to investigate, there was wreckage for miles.

A few years later on another railroad a station master came within inches of his life when one came through the door of the station and he came nose to nose with it sitting behind his desk. The only safe way to take pictures is far away with a telephoto lens and then you'll probably get hit by a meteorite.

BTW, I downloaded a pile of interesting video from that site, there's something for everybody there.