Two girls killed by train in Utah

[Stagefright]

Three girls were hit by a train Saturday evening while taking pictures. Story

Darrel

 

[cascaderailroad]

When will people learn that the best photos and videos are taken from high up, safe vantage point, 50'-100' from a track, and very distant from a grade crossing ... some of the most boring, most dangerous, videos/pictures are taken down low/right next to passing trains ... this unsafe practice, and trespassing on RR private property, resulted in their deaths.

 

[Thai1On]

Maybe it's just me but from an early age my friends and I would walk for miles on the tracks while walking our hound dog. We were ALWAYS aware of the trains and this was on a busy double track mainline. We were never caught by surprise by any train movements and we were pre-teens. I just can't understand how someone can be taken surprise by a train?

 

[NikkiA]

Maybe it's just me but from an early age my friends and I would walk for miles on the tracks while walking our hound dog. We were ALWAYS aware of the trains and this was on a busy double track mainline. We were never caught by surprise by any train movements and we were pre-teens. I just can't understand how someone can be taken surprise by a train?

Track bed quality has improved a lot. 30 years ago we were never surprised by trains either, you could hear the track pinging when the trains were about a mile away, giving you at least half a minute, but more usually 40-45 seconds, to get clear of the line.

These days I've noticed that track pinging can start when the train is only a couple of hundred feet away. And even when the track does ping, its far quieter than it used to be.

 

[bolea]

Why would people commit this kind of stupidities? I mean, taking pictures inside the train track... Like really... Are you ****ing dumb? And what is worse is that you have 2 people taking pictures and the other one, what was doing? He/She could have perfectly told both of them to get off from the rails!

Society goes worse for moments.

 

[Euphod]

It's a sad story, and I completely understand letting the viewfinder take over situational awareness. Sadly, the third girl should have acted as lookout for such a situation, but they should never have been on the tracks in first place.

 

[Eaglefan9727]

but they should never have been on the tracks in first place.

That states the complete story right there.