Railroad family portraits

[rexbobcat]

You gotta be kidding me! Climbing up on a car????

What's to keep a freight train from coupling up to the string of railroad cars she's on? And, depending on the length of that string of cars, the locomotive and the mile long train it's pulling may be completely hidden from view! (and earshot, as well). Normal coupling speed is enough to jar the entire length of the parked train cars an inch or more, often with a ground-shaking crash.

And the sad thing is, should someone get hurt doing stunts like this, the 'poor grieved family' says the railroad should 'take care' of them, etc, etc, etc. Nobody should have to pay for stupid except the idiots doing it.

"YOU DARN KIDS. GET OFF MY LAWN!!"

"I'm sorry Mr. Jenkins but we're going to have to take you to a home. Your senility is a nuisance to others."

 

[Dikkie]

Everyone should do a railroad track session once. It's a right of passage.

To me, a railroad track session brings photography to a higher level.
:heart:

 

[bratkinson]

Everyone should do a railroad track session once. It's a right of passage.

To me, a railroad track session brings photography to a higher level.
:heart:

Tell that to the families of the two young women "just walking along the track" when a coal train derailed alongside them and buried them alive...or to families of the War Heroes parade in Texas that "didn't think the train would come"...

Be safe...not dead.

 

[Buckster]

Everyone should do a railroad track session once. It's a right of passage.

To me, a railroad track session brings photography to a higher level.
:heart:

Tell that to the families of the two young women "just walking along the track" when a coal train derailed alongside them and buried them alive...or to families of the War Heroes parade in Texas that "didn't think the train would come"...

Be safe...not dead.

Take a pill, man. A LOT more people die slipping in the shower or choking on their own food or a thousand other common, everyday activities every year, and I don't see you freaking out over that. You take a much bigger chance just getting into your car and driving to the local market.

Yes, people should do everything they can to keep safe. No duh there. But keep it in perspective.

 

[rexbobcat]

Tell that to the families of the two young women "just walking along the track" when a coal train derailed alongside them and buried them alive...or to families of the War Heroes parade in Texas that "didn't think the train would come"...

Be safe...not dead.

Over 50 percent of car accidents happen 5 miles from home.

Also; more people die falling down stairs every year than in airplane crashes.

Relying on specific outliers to make your case is not really that credible.

 

[pixmedic]

Tell that to the families of the two young women "just walking along the track" when a coal train derailed alongside them and buried them alive...or to families of the War Heroes parade in Texas that "didn't think the train would come"...

Be safe...not dead.

Over 50 percent of car accidents happen 5 miles from home.

Also; more people die falling down stairs every year than in airplane crashes.

Relying on specific outliers to make your case is not really that credible.

neither is making your case based on some anonymous persons suggestion on the internet, but that seems to happen a lot too. :lmao:

 

[JLMILLS]

you guys are a funny lot

 

[texkam]

he is retired from the railroad and they thought he would love it.

Is giving a retired RR employee a picture of their family on tracks as offensive as giving a retired photographer a picture of their family processed with selective color and a heavy vignette?

 

[Buckster]

he is retired from the railroad and they thought he would love it.

Is giving a retired RR employee a picture of their family on tracks as offensive as giving a retired photographer a picture of their family processed with selective color and a heavy vignette?

I would think it'd be more like giving them a photo of the family surrounded by camera gear. It's a reminder of what he did to pay the bills for that family, send them them through school, feed and clothe them, etc.

 

[texkam]

In a creative rail setting yes, standing on tracks no, IMHO.

 

[texkam]

Photographer Killed While Taking Pictures of an Oncoming Train

 

[tirediron]

Okay... I think the point's been made.