Beat train, but not gate [video]

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Poppa_Zit

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From: West end of Chicago's Famous Racetrack
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Beat train, but not gate [video]

Posted by Poppa_Zit on Saturday, May 26, 2007 1:34 PM

Sorry, but my macabre sense of humor finds this hilarious:

GATE CRASHER

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Railfan1

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From: The Beautiful North Georgia Mountians
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Posted by Railfan1 on Saturday, May 26, 2007 2:05 PM

He didn't really get the concept of going *around* the gates.

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selector

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February 2005
From: Vancouver Island, BC
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Posted by selector on Saturday, May 26, 2007 3:38 PM

I don't think he had time! He may have had a visor that precluded noticing the descending barrier. The way he lays still tells me road rash was the least of his worries. Not good.

Ishmael

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August 2006
From: St. Louis, MO
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Posted by Ishmael on Saturday, May 26, 2007 7:23 PM

He looked pretty stiff, post-impact. And it also looked as though he was avoiding something else, real or imagined, since he crossed the center line.

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