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Standing too close

Author: Robert in Port Townsend

Date: 12-21-2010 - 21:08

Several comments were made to the effect that the Central Avenue derailment in New Orleans gave some food for thought about standing too close to moving traffic.

When I was a young man (14) shooting my first track side photos, a yard clerk approached me rather directly with a black steel band in his hand. He made a movement across his throat, and told me I would never see the band of steel that would decapitate me!

Now he may have been a little "over the top." But he made his point. On more than one occasion I can recall dunnage and junk hanging out of box car doors.

I would encourage you to look at the video in one of my blog articles, taken by a young man in Brazil. This would give a BNSF Agent a heart attack. It is the first video in the article:

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Robert in Port Townsend.

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Standing too close	Robert in Port Townsend	12-21-2010 - 21:08
Re: Standing too close	Steve Thompson	12-21-2010 - 21:14
Re: Standing too close	almo	12-21-2010 - 22:31
Re: Standing too close	Steven D. Johnson	12-21-2010 - 23:03
Re: Standing too close	PNWRailfan	12-21-2010 - 23:12
Re: Standing too close	Steven D. Johnson	12-22-2010 - 01:03
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Re: Standing too close	PNWRailfan	12-22-2010 - 16:04
Re: Standing too close	Robert William	12-22-2010 - 06:53
Re: Standing too close	Mike Stimpson	12-22-2010 - 09:14
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Robert in Port Townsend Wrote:
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> Several comments were made to the effect that the
> Central Avenue derailment in New Orleans gave some
> food for thought about standing too close to
> moving traffic.
> 
> When I was a young man (14) shooting my first
> track side photos, a yard clerk approached me
> rather directly with a black steel band in his
> hand. He made a movement across his throat, and
> told me I would never see the band of steel that
> would decapitate me!
> 
> Now he may have been a little "over the top." But
> he made his point. On more than one occasion I can
> recall dunnage and junk hanging out of box car
> doors.
> 
> I would encourage you to look at the video in one
> of my blog articles, taken by a young man in
> Brazil. This would give a BNSF Agent a heart
> attack.  It is the first video in the article:
> 
> http://www.oil-electric.com/2010/10/whale-rail-con
> nection-part-iv.html
> 
> Robert in Port Townsend.

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