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alright. flash of inspiration. fuck sticker trading, lets trade photos. whos down? 4x6, 5x7, 8x10, whatever floats your boat. I know I can think of a few people who's prints I wouldn't mind having to put on my wall... As far as my shit goes, I'd only really be able to trade lab prints. dont have enough spare darkroom time to get busy on larger stuff. but some people might get blessed if they're intrested ;) who's down? nothingbutfreights@hotmail.com

yeah. so I finally got my first taste of the darkroom. hooooooooooooo boy. my addiction to photography is now AA worthy. Walked out of class and booked the first chunk of darkroom time they had available without hesitating. too bad its 13 days away. You'll see the results soon after, I assure you.

just to keep it moving. repeats from some of my older threads. http://www.nothingbutfreights.com/12oz/12ozphoto2/flyback.jpg'> http://www.nothingbutfreights.com/12oz/12ozphoto2/tundra.jpg'> http://www.nothingbutfreights.com/12oz/12ozphoto2/ambulances.jpg'> http://www.nothingbutfreights.com/12oz/12ozphoto2/shoes.jpg'> http://www.nothingbutfreights.com/12oz/12ozphoto2/snowchute.jpg'> http://www.nothingbutfreights.com/12oz/12ozphoto2/hangingfloors.jpg'> http://www.nothingbutfreights.com/12oz/12ozphoto2/rooftoprubble.jpg'>

this evening is off to a good start. pitstop to drop off my valuables. http://www.nothingbutfreights.com/12oz/orb/bussunset.jpg'> http://www.nothingbutfreights.com/12oz/orb/treessky.jpg'> http://www.nothingbutfreights.com/12oz/orb/sunsetmountains.jpg'>

proofs from some class stuff. pardon my increasingly filthy scanner. http://www.nothingbutfreights.com/12oz/orb/zoomexplode.jpg'> http://www.nothingbutfreights.com/12oz/orb/solidband.jpg'> http://www.nothingbutfreights.com/12oz/orb/lightchunk.jpg'>

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a little late, but can I still email you some stuff? totally forgot till today...

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dont wanna drop the closeups on the net, but you get a taste. http://members.shaw.ca/twelveozpics/munibusfencesmall.jpg'>

another fucking idiot from the city I just left. Makes me wonder if it was suicide.... Tuesday, September 03, 2002 WINNIPEG -- One man is dead after two freight trains smashed into his vehicle yesterday, which was sliced in half, and dragged the wreckage almost five kilometres. Emergency crews had to pry the victim's remains from a jagged tangle of metal wedged under a grain hopper car along the south Winnipeg rail line. Police say they were able to salvage a licence plate, but had not yet identified the driver. They could not determine the make of car. Traffic had stopped at the crossing for a 110-car westbound freight train. The barrier arms were down, signal lights were flashing and the train had already entered the crossing when the man drove past several vehicles already stopped, crashed through the barriers and was hit by the first train. The car spun and was wedged into the wheels and underside of a grain hopper car. The train continued moving west, its crew unaware of the deadly crash, until an eastbound freight train sliced off the protruding back half of the car.

another depressing cover story on the paper this morning. a 9 year old girl on a bike tried to beat the train at a controlled crossing and got dragged a good distance and had her foot severed. She's lucky to be alive. Shit happens all the time out here it seems...

ok, that crossing I was talking about at the top of the page....guess what was in the paper today? not a pedestrian, but some idiot in a van tryed to beat the train, which according to the guy behind him was "right there, theres no way he could have made it" and eneded up getting hospitalized after the train mashed the fuck out of the back end of his van. stupid motherfucker.

witnessed more line crossing stupidity today. While watching a line at a neighborhood shortcut it slowed to a stop. The section in front of me was about 8 or 9 long wood decked flats with the old looking vertical brakewheels at the end. Very unsafe for climbing over cause above the stirrup is only one hold at waist level, meaning you gotta lean over on to the deck to get up. While I was looking down the line to see the signal (two track, both were double reds) out of nowhere this 8-9 year old kid pops up and scurries over the car. Stupid, but I dont expect much more from kids that age. Then from the side I'm on some chick about 16 walks past me and starts very akwardly climbing onto the flat. Now, from this side you cant see either direction of the other mainline track (2-track mainline) so even assuming she makes it over without the line starting up, she could be comming down on the other side to find a train flying towards her on the open track. stupid stupid stupid. I wasn't about to give lectures cause I could see the double reds, but I was tempted. Next time I will, cause even with those double reds the line still lurched to life when I wasn't expecting it. I saw the slack coming and plugged my ears (I was about 2 feet from the line) but it suprised me. Turns out I was looking at the closest signals, when the front end had already passed and was waiting on the next set. That being the case, the signals I could see would always be double red....and not a good judge of what the line will do. stay safe

I just wanna stress this again....PLEASE BE CAREFUL. I watched about 18 people cross a stopped line over a 20 minute period the other day....I was certain I was about to watch somone get maimed. One girl about 13 crawled under real quick, and about 5 seconds after she did the whole line slammed into motion. She half looked back, but didnt seem the least bit bothered....I dont think she had any idea how fucking close she came to loosing a limb. Age is no restriction either...some middle aged guy crawled under a hopper with his fucking BIKE after waiting 2 minutes. And the scary part was they were slamming this line REAL HARD. I swear I thought I was going to see a coupler knuckle rip off in front of me....hardest slack action I've ever seen. be smart....be safe. stay alive....please....

assaconda: dont sweat the remote control signs. The engines aren't unmaned, it just means that instead of a of a 2 or 3 man crew, theres a 1 or 2 man crew. The remote control device is a little beltpack controller. Its used for switching, so the engineer can get out of the cab, and control the engine from ground level to do switching moves. The engines that are equipped like that usually have some kind of rotating light on top thats used when the beltpac is in use, but thats not on all of them. bottom line is, stay away and out of sight of the engine and you'll be fine.

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that apex/child thats on the truck backwards for people to see in rear-view mirrors is fucking brilliant! looks like they were schooled by that truck king "ECNALUBMA" RIP Child

how could we possibly know? I saw some weirdo on the street who went back and forth up the same block 3 times before leaving, why'd he do it? can you answer that? of course not. people are fucking strange...just deal with it. Unless that guy is on this board you wont get an answer...

word cros. I came up to my local yard today, and after crossing an empty siding I looked both ways before heading in, and to my left was a big fucking train barelling towards me, about 5-7 car lengths away. I actually said "FUCK" out loud and stepped back to watch it go by. I didnt hear shit and this thing wasnt running backwards or anything, just 2 ugly loud CN engines pulling a long load. I decided not to go in after the line went by...

Metrolinks dont draw power from a 3rd rail, they use HEP, meaning all electrical power is drawn from the engine. Its the same system (the cars are the same make) as the GO Train in toronto.

ok defy, were all really impressed with your Amtrack ID, now give it a rest. I got a little spooked today when I was getting flix. I went to a little spur that serves a carboard recylcing plant, 3 boxcars at a loading dock. They used the dock periodically during the day (I've taken flix while a forklift was loading things inside) but as I walked up to it today the whole line starting moving! They must have a way to move it with the forklift or somthing, I couldnt see from where I was. This is a spot where I would have made an exception and gone over the couplers since its a dead end, and the approach is straight and highly visible. Made me rethink my safety a bit.

*bump* I see lots of new names on here, this belongs up top for awhile.

vanity: thats harsh. Going under a boxcar is fucking intense when yer being chased, there is like zero clearance. Centerflows you just duck under, but last time I had to dive under a boxcar I ripped the ass of my pants open on some kind of brake pipe or somthing underneath. I always cross between cars, but sometimes when you get chased its dive underneath or get popped...tough choice.

ok, just thought I'd throw out some extra obscure train knowledge. On the subject of "getting up air" before a train leaves, here is a chart of the time it takes to get "legal" air for a train. Minimum and maximum charging times when brake system is empty: Brake Pipe Length - Min Time - Max Time (feet) (both in minutes) 2,500 or less - 8 - 25 3,000 - 10 - 30 4,000 - 15 - 35 5,000 - 20 - 40 6,000 - 26 - 55 7,000 - 35 - 65 8,000 - 45 - 75 9,000 - 57 - 100 10,000 - 71 - 125 11,000 - 80 - 160 so what this means to you is, if a train starts getting up legal air (like cracked says, you'll hear a slight hissing) you've got at least 8 minutes (providing the crew follows rules) to finish up and get the hell out. ------------------ ESE - Nothingbutfreights

glad to see this thread started again, this is all essential info. Just to add to what cracked has said, dont underestimate the danger of humping. Humping doesnt just occur in large yards, I've watched crews hump cars (through a controlled crossing no less) at a small lay-up at WAY more than 5mph. And this was a lay-up small enough that neighbourhood residents would wander through walking their dogs, it can occur anywhere, so keep alert. For those of you not familiar with yards, if you have the chance the best thing to do is just watch what happens in the yard, find a chill place (on the legal side of the private property line) and see how things work. Thanks for posting the info again cracked. ------------------ ESE - Nothingbutfreights