Good one Mr. Harrison, thanks for posting! [(-D]
Although the “foaming” was a bit of a gross-out…
Made me wonder if those guys needed rabies shots.
Maybe that cop car at the end was from Animal Control?
I have had a few people ruin the audio of my videos by yelling loudly when a train is passing.
Some kids have also made whistle and engine sounds that were louder than the train itself. Kids are cute, but not while I am trying to get a good video/audio of a steam loco.
One time at the Midwest Old Settler’s and Thresher’s Reunion, a man was deliberately cursing loudly, with the express (he expressed it!) purpose of messing with people making videos. He followed me around for a while, so I wandered to the State Police post on the grounds and they escorted the man off and took his 5 day wrist band so he would have to pay again to get back in the event (expensive cussing!)
I try to be well away from other people when making videos of trains (or anything!)
Sounds like the “cusser” has some mental problems, at worst.
Or at best, he’s had a shoddy upbringing.
Don’t humor yourself, more likely he was gesturing as if asking…“What are you stopping here for?” [;)]
The kids have as much a right to yellow scream with excitement as you do to video.
I agree completely.
I like to tell my co-workers that the best railfans (at least in these modern times) are the ones we never see. I think it is very unfortunate that we cannot give cab tours or rides anymore, what with all the cameras now being placed in and on the locomotives.
I also reserve the term ‘foamer’ for those who get so excited or distracted by what they are seeing that they forget their surroundings, always a dangerous situation.
I would suggest staying at least 50 feet (one boxcar length) away from the track, and farther if possible. It’s not just for our peace of mind, it’s for your own safety. Lading and debris hanging off cars can extend surprisingly far beyond the track, to say nothing of where derailed cars can end up.
That could have been it too.
I believe the location is at West Chicago where CN’s ex J diamonds with the UP. Only one side activates depending on train direction and route used.
In that video, I expected a foamer cop to jump out of the cruiser and set up to photograph a train.
Watching those videos and listening to that guy’s ranting, I really had no idea that there were people like that. I’ve heard of foamers, now I know what they are.
The closest I’ve ever come to watching trains is one day in Middletown, New York I saw a train on the old O & W line so I parked nearby to watch it. The train came by at about 2 mph and I said to the guy on the caboose platform that the rail is bouncing up and down by a fair amount- He said that on that line, all the rails do that.
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I have had a few people ruin the audio of my videos by yelling loudly when a train is passing.
Some kids have also made whistle and engine sounds that were louder than the train itself. Kids are cute, but not while I am trying to get a good video/audio of a steam loco.
One time at the Midwest Old Settler’s and Thresher’s Reunion, a man was deliberately cursing loudly, with the express (he expressed it!) purpose of messing with people making videos. He followed me around for a while, so I wandered to the State Police post on the grounds and they escorted the man off and took his 5 day wrist band so he would have to pay again to get back in the event (expensive cussing!)
I try to be well away from other people when making videos of trains (or anything!)
The kids have as much a right to yellow scream with excitement as you do to video.
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They sure do. They can even green scream with excitement… it is their right. This is why I try my best to make video/audio recordings “well away from other people”.
And I have just as much right to purple peace or charteuse calm, too.
(Sorry… I know you typed “yell and scream”, but auto-correct decided otherwise… I just had to poke fun at it a bit. [:D]
Wasn’t there a somewhat contentious thread along these lines a while back, asking “do you wave?”
What was all the anger about in that thread?
As I recall, there was a lot of dislike of railfans espoused in that thread, by some of the railroaders then on the forum.
Perhaps it can be summed up with “why should I wave to someone I wish didn’t exist?” Speaking of railfans, of course, not specific individuals.
Do you guys mean this thread?
Okay, thanks. I wasn’t really tuned in enough at that time to know 100% what was driving that thread, but it seemed to be vitriol and acrimony splattered everywhere.
To find that I entered the following phrase in Google:
“do you wave” cs.trains
I didn’t even bother trying the current site’s search feature…
Man, that thread really brought back some memories. - -
“Go stand by the highway and wave at all the cars and trucks. See how many wave back. See how many …”
That thread must have spilled over into some other threads, because there were also old comments I recall that were not shown in this thread
Perhaps more likely some of them were removed in moderation.
I have no doubt that you are correct there.
I also seem to recall as well that for a time the quip of “did you wave?” rose to the point being a metaphor for malaise with the way other forum members were behaving, much the same way “Yes, but” and even “boxcars with shackles?” did.
I think there once was a song sung by Mary Hopkin that captured the emotion of that era.
Good grief! Well after reading that thread it erupted rather quickly… I’m lost on the title though… The art of engineers waving? Engineers waving began with signal/command acknowledgement… Has nothing to do with waving to foamers, buffs what have you… Well I imagine some lose hope over the loss of a penny while stepping over the dollar…