Train/Car Wreck/Fatality
Dec 20, 2018 10:04:31 #
[To warn others how pointless these deaths are. I worked for a railroad for 18 years and responded to these incidents on a regular basis. I volunteered for the Operation Lifesaver for 24 years doing public information programs to educate the programs about these incidents.
These collisions are totally avoidable, people get hit because they are trespassing on the tracks. Not once did I ever hear of a train coming off of the tracks and chasing someone down the street....
quote=cyclespeed]Why do you want to share your voyeurism ?[/quote]
These collisions are totally avoidable, people get hit because they are trespassing on the tracks. Not once did I ever hear of a train coming off of the tracks and chasing someone down the street....
quote=cyclespeed]Why do you want to share your voyeurism ?[/quote]
Dec 20, 2018 10:12:26 #
DAN Phillips wrote:
I have pictures of this type and much, much worse going back into the '60's, which I will not share for obvious reasons. It was a job, never a hobby. There are many, many memories from the years gone by I wish I could forget. When in crime scenes it never failed to amaze me at what cruelty humans can do to one another. Now my photography is a hobby, a joy and a pleasure as it should be. Thanks to all for comments and looking.
I can't agree enough. As a former deputy sheriff/deputy coroner I have walked tracks for close to a mile one middle of the night, picking up pieces of body parts of someone that couldn't be told male or female at the time. The largest piece of the skull picked up was about the size of a thumb nail. Basically it was about 150 pounds of hamburger with a leg attached. Nobody wins against a train. An arrestee of mine, a heroin user tried to jump on a moving train. He fell and had both feet cut off by the wheels.
Your comment about humans and cruelty doesn't surprise me at all. For years I have said, man's inhumanity to fellow man is sad and one of the most violent things on the planet. When I hear people bad mouth the police I have absolutely no sympathy for those people. The police do a job that is necessary and useful to everyone. Yet some blame the police for what lawmakers do. From police work I went into corrections. There I saw the same type of people I had arrested and sent to prison. I never had sympathy for any of these people. I treated every one of them with respect and it was generally returned. But when I saw inmate after inmate coming right back into the system I realized that many of these people will never be rehabilitated. They don't mind prison. It is a rite of passage for their sons and daughters. We need to stop glamorizing the criminals who butcher, murder, rape and rob ordinary citizens and start showing respect for the first responders who keep this society together.
Dennis
Dec 20, 2018 13:13:00 #
Interesting.... I did the same for Cotton Belt Railway in south Arkansas where county roads and rails share space at many, many unmarked intersections. Documenting the unfortunate results was part of the job. And, I was an apprentice mortician/funeral director. Interesting skills set...
DAN Phillips wrote:
I am a retired Funeral Director/ Embalmer, Deputy Coroner and Deputy Sheriff, Fire Dept. Lieutenant, Crime Scene Photographer. Know what you're talking about before you spout off.
Dec 22, 2018 23:56:24 #
To me, these photos do not have much punch considering the subject matter matter. Like war images: they convey the horror or underlying humanity, or human condition. These are just photos of trains and cars. Sorry to be so blunt.
Dec 23, 2018 06:01:09 #
If you wanted punch, you should have been there! I do not release gory, gruesome and horrific photos to the general public. Never have, never will. Sorry!
Dec 23, 2018 15:12:34 #
Any one can shoot "gore". That's not the point. It's like the difference between porn and erotica: you don't need the explicit to convey the essence. Without your introduction or captions there would be no context. Anyway. You had a tough job to do.
Dec 23, 2018 16:16:22 #
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