Can 't help wonder if this is Photoshopped (Page 2): Exactly!

Dannj

digit-up wrote:

Think about it, 20 tons of train on top of anything would at least flatten it out a bit. This is just too much ELEPHANT showing unfettered. Again, just IMHO......RJM

Exactly!

wapiti Loc: round rock, texas

My guess is that this image is legitiment.

josquin1 Loc: Massachusetts

Yes, the weight of the train would crush the poor little guy. But those ribs are supporting it?

skylinefirepest Loc: Southern Pines, N.C.

I've had about thirty five years of doing wreck photography for the NCSHP and it's not uncommon at all to find dead victims with no apparent injuries. Also if death is instant then there will be very little blood from otherwise horrendous injuries.

edrobinsonjr Loc: Boise, Idaho

"I don't see any physical damage to the elephant other than the locomotive is on top of it."

Yeah, just a locomotive...

Definitely a PS job.

digit-up Loc: Flushing, Michigan

14kphotog wrote:

You do know , a train weighs 80 tons or more? This one is on the soft part on the elephant and NO indent at all of the soft area. I rate this as, B_ll S__t.

Yup, yup & YUP!!!............

RJM

digit-up Loc: Flushing, Michigan

skylinefirepest wrote:

I've had about thirty five years of doing wreck photography for the NCSHP and it's not uncommon at all to find dead victims with no apparent injuries. Also if death is instant then there will be very little blood from otherwise horrendous injuries.

Yeah, but the elephant mass can’t support the tonnage of the train for gods sakes!!!......................... RJM

Dannj

skylinefirepest wrote:

I've had about thirty five years of doing wreck photography for the NCSHP and it's not uncommon at all to find dead victims with no apparent injuries. Also if death is instant then there will be very little blood from otherwise horrendous injuries.

This may be true for people but I cannot believe a locomotive can land on an elephant and show no external damage.

skylinefirepest Loc: Southern Pines, N.C.

true dat...the weight of the engine would crush the elephant...and no one has explained what put the engine on top of the elephant.

THooker

Sorry, this is late, but looking at the center of gravity of the engine most of the loco weight is on the left wheels which are out of sight on the right side of the foto. The weight on the elephant is greatly reduced relative to the total weight of the loco. Looks ligit to me.

Muddyvalley Loc: McMinnville, Oregon

THooker wrote:

Sorry, this is late, but looking at the center of gravity of the engine most of the loco weight is on the left wheels which are out of sight on the right side of the foto. The weight on the elephant is greatly reduced relative to the total weight of the loco. Looks ligit to me.

That is how it looks to me also. The engine is leaning to the left.