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Movie filming shut down following fatal railroad accident
The vultures ALWAYS go for the deepest pockets!
This is why I cringe every time I see a picture taken of someone walking down a railroad track or with railway equipment as a backdrop! Now just waiting for the lawsuits to be filed…against the railroad of course.
Ignorance of the law is not a valid reason to win a lawsuit…there have been so many cases similar to this and the railroad is found not guilty. I don’t see how the railroad could be liable…it’s not as if crossing guards weren’t working.
Where is “George”? I never went there to see trains. Guess I’ll have to ask Dets. Gardner or Garnder, whichever is on duty.
DPM continues to rotate.
Mr. Hays, I don’t understand what you are getting at.
Actually, the vast majority of rr row crosses, bisects, divides,etc. “private property” and, by gosh, the vast majority of rr row is also “private property.” Hence all the “no trespassing” signs that have sprung up during railroading’s modern age.
I remember a time when a company “Trainmaster” would be sent to any location where non-railroad persons were allowed on railroad property for any commercial venture not relating to railroad business. This was to protect the railroads and see to the safety of the outside personnel. railroad man would be sent down the tracks in both directions away from the project about a mile and a half to put small explosive charges on the tracks called torpedoes to stop all trains from entering the area is being used for the private venture. but that technology is way too old to be used in these modern times. b
I spend a lot of time at Griffith, IN., watching the CN operations there. Quite often someone comes out there with a camera on a tripod, and occasionally they will set up about 6 or 8 feet off the railhead - for what? Head on shots are never as interesting as a shot 45 degrees off the corner of the locomotive, where you see the front as well as the well-decorated side of the subject. Add to that the “love affair” some of these people seem to have with a wide-angle lens, which distorts the train, making the cars look like they’re 5 feet long - not a pretty picture. The danger comes when instead of watching the locomotive, you watch the display through the wide-angle lens, not realizing how close the train actually is. As for me, I’ve taken some really good pictures from the parking lot 40 feet away, with the zoom lens. Let’s wise up people. A picture isn’t worth your life.
Pprobably not that unusual – shortly after I was retired, I noticed a film crew working on the railroad property. My enquiry to the individual on the RR who handled all agreements indicated they had no permission from our RR.
Mr. Hays - your ramblings don’t make any sense at all.
Those you y’all that are making statements about being on CSX property - They DID NOT have any permissions from CSX. The property they DID have permission for was the wooded areas on both sides of the tracks that belong to Rayonier Co. - NOT TO THE RAILROAD. CSX said they were aware that the film crews were going to be on properties ADJACENT to theirs, but no one has authority onto the CSX property. Reread this article. It says just what my information was: NO permission from CSX.
News reports said they had a bed on the tracks filming a dream sequence. I hope their permission to be on the property clearly stated that they could not be “on” the tracks.
SAME OLD STORY…STAY OFF THE TRACKS…THEY WERE NOT GIVEN PERMISSION TO BE ON THE TRACKS…IF HAVING AN OK TO BE ON THE PROPERTY DOES NOT SPECIFY TO STAY OFF THE TRACKS, …A GOOD LAWYER IS GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A FIELD DAY WITH THIS
Yes Mr. Shapp. I also didn’t understand anything Mr Hays was trying to say.