http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SRWugR6oFE
I can't believe he didn't get hit by the derailing car.
And now you know why the JNR wanted people to stay at least 33 meters away from moving trains!
Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
The coincidence is remarkable, but it looks real....
Jeff But it's a dry heat!
Budliner wrote:he did it
Brick on the track?
Why do you say that?
Vail and Southwestern RR wrote: Budliner wrote:he did itBrick on the track?
I don't think it was a brick on the track. Early on in the video and all throughout, there was the rest of the train going by. If there was a brick on the tracks, the locomotive and/or earlier cars would have derailed. Even if he did stage it, it would have been very costly, possibly fatal if the car fell on him. I think the factor was bad track or poor mantinence (spelling?).
Either way, he's a lucky railfan.
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Vail and Southwestern RR wrote: The coincidence is remarkable, but it looks real....
It is real..It was shown on "Train Wrecks" hosted by retired Sheriff John Bunnell on the History channel.
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BRAKIE wrote: Vail and Southwestern RR wrote: The coincidence is remarkable, but it looks real.... It is real..It was shown on "Train Wrecks" hosted by retired Sheriff John Bunnell on the History channel.
It is soooo coincidental, he happens to be filming the right train at the right time, at exactly the right place. It's so rare that trains fall over anyway, the odds of him standing right there just have to make you wonder. Not saying it could not happen. Though getting struck by a meteor seems more likely. Then again, if he knew there was a track fault there, and was brave enough to figure where he though he could get away with standing, the odds go up a lot. I mean, in any case, the car didn't fall over for no reason.
I don't know about that, what are the odds of anyone filming anything when a train accadent occures?
Yet we still get things like these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypI6mhh4VNg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1jiI47KAnI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq0Zlu5XwzY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQx-Zu7KBVg\
I didn't think a brick could do that. What type of brick are you talking about? I always assumed the massive weight of a train would crush just about anything on the rail. Truly lucky, but it would have been nice if he was like 50 or 100 feet back.
Nagrom
Jeff,Hows this? Whats the odds of catching a wreck by sticking your camera out the coach window?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=GEkZPZpeaQM
BRAKIE wrote: Jeff,Hows this? Whats the odds of catching a wreck by sticking your camera out the coach window?http://youtube.com/watch?v=GEkZPZpeaQM
now that was a brick
Budliner wrote: BRAKIE wrote: Jeff,Hows this? Whats the odds of catching a wreck by sticking your camera out the coach window?http://youtube.com/watch?v=GEkZPZpeaQM now that was a brick
That wasn't a brick either. Look at the video very closely at around 1:35 in. You can see the final car of the train switch tracks and hit the locomotive of the idle train. The first truck went through OK but you can see the second truck slid to the other track. My thought are this was a faulty or weakly thrown switch. It could have been sabotage, but a weakly thrown switch makes more sense.