SPOILER ALERT! No, the train doesn't come right away, but pretend you're tied to the tracks like an old-time silent movie heroine, and you can only see what the camera sees ---- listen to all the SOUNDS, vibrations, horn, wind, engine acceleration, engine inching closer, etc., etc., knowing that this may be the last 3 minutes of your life! Make it an exercise in boosting your sense of hearing to the max to take in everything you possibly can! Good headphones REALLY help! BIG TIME!! I found a fairly remote railroad crossing where I figured I could get a shot that I've always wanted to get on video. I did absolutely nothing to endanger the train or myself. I simply leaned my tiny 4 ounce HD video camera up against the wood ties that were used to create the vehicle crossing. My camera was a full three inches below the top of the ties, so I knew with 100% certainty that the camera was out of the train's way AND harms way. Gave me peace of mind and a good place to rest the camera. I had no way of knowing for certain what view the camera had because I didn't want to spend a lot of time setting it up, and it was very sunny, bright and hot. It actually turned out almost exactly the way I wanted. The video cuts off abruptly because, dumb me -- the camera ran out of battery power. I still got everything I really wanted. The clearance under the engines looks truly claustrophobic!! I keep wanting to duck my head when watching it -- especially on a large TV with the video set on HD ...
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