Taking photos on train tracks: "A mistake you can't undo."

[jebr]

Sarah and Natalie Crim had just taken 35 photographs on the train tracks.

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Behind the teenagers, less than a mile away, Amtrak’s Capitol Limited was heading toward them at 76 miles per hour.

What happened moments later — a train looming, startled people who had been taking photos — has become a deadly phenomenon nationwide. John, a well-liked high school junior in Maryland, became the fifth person this year killed while taking photos or videos on train tracks in the United States.

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“People always think they have time to get away. That’s a mistake you can’t undo,” says Marc Orton, director of visual communications for the Norfolk Southern Railway.

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[TinCan782]

Yes, nice article.

The non-rail-traveling public, minimal effect from the article. Us, it makes sense!

Thanks for sharing...and I'll share it as well.

 

[NW cannonball]

Would any sane commercial photographer pose people in the middle of I-5 ? And expect traffic to co-operate?

Not.

Would any sane anybody pose subjects against all rules and sanity in the middle of runway 23L at any airport? and not be arrested and charged immediatly?

Not.

Is there a fool that would pose for photos in the direct path of an aircraft carrier? Possibly.

Heaven help us all

 

[railiner]

I don't think you will see much of that phenomena here in the New York area, as most people have a fear or respect of the third-rail operated railways, and will not venture on them....