Trains can also be very quiet. I was intent on taking a morning picture
of a train coming towards me from east when one popped up unseen from
behind, right next to me! I'm sure glad I didn't make a last(!) second
change in position without looking.
-jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Troy" <sctroy@xxxxxxxxx>
> >From: Andrew Gullen <andrew.gullen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >Now it turns out that the sign I had positioned myself near was
marked 'W'.
> >I know the sign doesn't get hit, so this is part of my calculation. I
know
> >the railways have a thing for alphabetic names and signs, so I think
little
> >of it. Well, it seems it stands for 'whistle'. As in, 'whistle here'.
Just
> >at the point I am taking in the dramatically enlarged train, it is
> >unbelievably loud, and unexpected. Holy s--t.
> >
> >I still shoot this way, but now I expect all this. Still feel like a
bug
> >beside a train though.
> >
> >Andrew
>
> Andrew,
>
> Please don't do this! You are putting yourself in great danger. Many
> railroad cars (especially center-beam lumber cars) use metal strapping
to
> hold down the load. These metal straps break on occasion and flap
around.
> If one of these on a 30mph or greater train hits you as you stand
along the
> tracks, you will *at best* be in the hospital for a long, long time
and *at
> worst* you will be very, very dead.
>
> I reapeat - do not get close enough to the tracks to use a wide-angle
> lens!! I have seen many whistle posts damaged from things hanging off
> freight trains. Use a longer lens and stay away from the tracks!!
>
> Steve Troy
>
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