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Related: About this forumPeople Almost Getting Hit by a Train
The part that starts at 0:55 is at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The person standing on the edge of the platform is so intent on watching a westbound train that he does not see the oncoming eastbound train.
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People Almost Getting Hit by a Train (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Jul 2015
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I wonder if people doing it on purpose have any clue how they ruin engineer's day by doing that?
uppityperson
Jul 2015
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Brickbat
(19,339 posts)1. See tracks, think train. It's not hard.
Fucking idiots.
uppityperson
(115,681 posts)2. I wonder if people doing it on purpose have any clue how they ruin engineer's day by doing that?
Renew Deal
(81,889 posts)3. Or worse
A catastrophic accident or the loss of a job.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valhalla_train_crash
kairos12
(12,891 posts)4. I am surprised there isn't one of a person staring down at their phone and stumbling in front of a
train.
mike dub
(541 posts)5. Thanks, mahatmakanejeeves
Having grown up near Harpers Ferry, I had the "location" of :55 near miss nailed in my mind ---figured it could only be Harpers Ferry. Visual memory is something.
Thanks! Mike