One For The Situational Awareness File

[swamper]

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[jjoker16]

OH DAMN!

Yikes!!!!

 

[#1bambam]

The look on his face was priceless.

 

[Richard in LA]

I would have **** my pants....

 

[jjoker16]

I would have **** my pants....

I think something came out just watching it. Too close!

 

[dfsutton]

In the Maritime Industry, we would call that a "near miss". We would then have a safety meeting explaining that while thankfully the gentleman was safe, had he not been so lucky, instead of having this meeting we would be picking his pieces up and wiping his splatters off the camera lens.

 

[whbonney26]

WOW....that was close. He was lucky. Another inch or two and that could have been a bad deal.


Wonder why everyone was filming the train?

 

[brfd557]

HOLY CATS**T BATMAN!!!!!

 

[SpeedRacer]

Wonder why everyone was filming the train?

I was wondering the same thing. How freakin' bored are you when you sit and watch trains pass?

 

[gonepecan]

WOW. Insanely close.

Perhaps he should buy a lottery ticket with all that luck.

 

[jmcrawf1]

I was wondering the same thing. How freakin' bored are you when you sit and watch trains pass?

Umm......add a case of beer and i've been a few places in north louisiana that would think that's an exciting friday night

 

[dtd80]

Definitely close. But also stupid. There IS a YELLOW LINE for something. There should be a huge sign that states a person accepts all responsibility if he/she avoids all safety marks/regulations. That was just stupid. Sorry for the rant, but I know his family would've sued or sought legal action if fatass got killed. People tend to sue over everything even when they were in the wrong.

On another tone, I'm glad he didn't get his guts splattered all over camera guy. I agree with captain. Buy a lottery ticket.

 

[kyle ray]

D A M N

That scared me, and i had the sound off!!!!!!!!

 

[DesmoDucRob]

situational awareness... careful- this could easily result in a superthread!

 

[Sin-ster]

Hard to tell exactly how close it is-- the guy doing the filming seemed to anticipate a splatter and didn't want to catch it on tape.

Not a very helpful warning he gives, either. "Yoohoo!" Yeah, thanks guy.

 

[Jimmy Dean]

they where watching because stem engines do not pass that often. A few (two) of my proff's are train guys, one of them will STOP a class just to watch a train pass, no matter what train, the other will RUN OUTSIDE giggling like a little girl when a steam engine passes (the second one is gay, as it happens....)

 

[1911heat]

Did you not notice the differences in the two trains? The first one was some sort of vintage steam locomotive. There is a high level of interest in trains in general among many people.

I agree, they don't hold much interest for me either. But then, a lot of people think WE are strange because we like guns...

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Agreed. The first train is what they wanted to film. It looked like an old vintage train that had been restored. There are some that runs in the US, typically people will gather and take pics as they pass.

I got the feeling this was in Europe, maybe Germany?

 

[CloudStrife]

Good thing the guy behind the camera said, "yoo hoo."

 

[firefighter9158]

Look Closely at the Locomotive, It's very very Old, Not many around that old, still running down the tracks.

 

[Jed]

It was in a sleepy little village back home in the UK.
The train was the Oliver Cromwell an old steam locomotive and the one that nearly clocked him was the intercity 125 travelling at 70mph plus.
Trainspotting is a big thing in England, I don't get it but hey I like to fish.
Horses for courses an' all that.