Imbeciles these/those days. Nice shot, and unfortunately a classic scene!
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A scene seen all too often. Nicely captured though.
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Safety doesn't seem to be a priority here as it appears a passenger is riding on the lap of another in the front seat. Thanks for sharing!
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Jeeze is that 2 kids I see in the front seat?? A double whammy IMO!
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There are two small children in the front seat. One has a blue snow suit on, and neither is straped in or in a child safe seat. JDK
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Sad thing is 25 years later those children have kids of their own & probably learned from mom how to put their life in danger.
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You can clearly see the gates are down. Risking the lives of a couple of kids so you don't have to wait 5 minutes. Great photo Jack!
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Hey, Jack; If the train had hit that car, where do you think the car would have ended up? I'm guessing we wouldn't be seeing a shot from you from that day. Soemthing for all of us to think about when w're out there shooting. By the way, you missed a good caption. "Here we see a cat about to get a rabbit." Or soemthing similiar.
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That’s a great shot from a different era. We have to remember that back in 1983 when this shot was taken, it was a different world we lived in so seeing small children riding in the front seat and on the laps of adults was quite commonplace. Back then, I drank water from a water hose on a hot summer day and a ride in the back of my dad’s pick up truck was a weekly occurrence. Now, both acts are strongly discouraged due to obvious safety reasons.
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Yes, a different era!!! Look how much we lost since then. All the railroads that are now gone, jointed rail, pole lines, no ditch lights, B&O CPL's, having to worry about being arrested by Homeland security, and WV Rabbit's,(no great loss, even though they where built about 6 air miles from here) Lots of changes since 1983, some for the better, some for the worse. Wish I could gp back.
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Total insanity! I just had a lady hit my train a few weeks back..we were actually stopped and switching out a customer. She was doing about 40 mph when she hit the tank car and got wedged under it. Lucky she wasn't killed. No one respects a train anymore...
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Joe has a good point, the photographer isn't out of harm's way, either. What if there was a train coming up from behind at track speed? Two wrongs don't make a right here.
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Actually the photog may have been usuing a mild telephoto lens so he would have been out of harms way.
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Thanks for going to my defense billnict, you are correct. I did take this with my zoom lense, and was not even close to being in any danger of being run over. Thanks
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