| BNSF 5269 second from the north and proving challenging shooting into the sun thats chosen now to burn through the clouds since Im on the opposite side of the tracks from the earlier shots back in the service area (other folder) - combined with chain-link and other complaints from me, not only wasnt I able to get a shot down the line-up (not that they werent doing their best to hide behind the new enlarged signal tree upper north yard), but Im also managing to wade through various weeds and sticker bushes along the fence to keep photographers out (just kidding - I know the fence is there for a reason - but Im still having to get used to the difference between Southern and Northwestern approaches to protecting the tracks ("Hey, yall - you go on the tracks, yer gonna die. So keep off, cause we cant slow down or swerve - you hear?" vs "... so the jury would believe you only put up an eight foot fence with hurricane wire top and expect it would keep said injured or maimed individual off the track? Yet, did anyone actually consult personally with said, poor, injured and/or dead person after they climbed over that pitiful excuse of a fence that some big, bad, evil corporation felt was enough notice that large, heavy trains cannot stop on a dime to avoid people trespassing? Let the jury know, they now have whats called steerable trucks on trains - which can only mean, had the engineer been driving such a train, he couldve swerved to avoid the poor, sad, unwarned injured and/or dead person that chose to lay down upon the tracks after climbing said fence and avoiding rail police - yet, the evil corporation decided not to spend the extra money to provide that safety feature...") |