posing for wedding photo on railway lines wtaf ?

[romeolovedjulliet]

photo says it all, how thick can people actually be ? it was caught on cctv by network rail in yorkshire

@Butterer

Is the Esk Valley line electrified? (Sorry if I sound thick asking that)

At a guess no (most of the far-flung rural lines in Yorkshire aren't). Also, AFAIK, it's only the SE that has 3rd rail electric. Not that that's really relevant. It's still a daft thing to do... not so much because of the circumstances of this particular line (they probably could check the timetable), but more because of starting a fashion which will encourage others to do it in really, really stupid places.

And they're not trespassing either - that's a passenger crossing

The photographer and the person immediately in front of him aren't on the crossing.

Christ on a bike. Quiet line or not, how bloody stupid?! And why?? Hardly a dreamy romantic setting?

On holiday in South Africa some years ago we were staying near a disused line that we were assured was fine to walk along, and even then I wouldn't get in between the rails until I'd assessed for myself that a) there were odd bits of track missing and b) the undergrowth was claiming it back and clearly no trains had passed in some time.

Not the photographer, the man in the blue jacket.

Does anyone remember the couple who took a "cheeky" wedding photo outside a Greek Orthodox Church in Lindos? Cue ALL future weddings there being cancelled. But they got the perfect shot so that's ok

A previous poster on here has it spot on. This particular line might be relatively quiet but what about the next couple who want similar but who live near a busier line? Its stupid behaviour and I hope the shine has been removed from this particular photo for them for good

Even on a little-used line, where locals think they know the times of services, unscheduled trains may run - e.g. moving rolling stock to maintenance depot so this behaviour is foolhardy in the extreme.

I hope they are prosecuted.

@MereDintofPandiculation

And they're not trespassing either - that's a passenger crossing.

So if they've checked the timetable and that there aren't any "specials" coming through, I can't see that they are putting anyone at risk.

A crossing is there for you to cross. It's in the name. Loitering on a crossing is trespassing.

Your suggestion of "checking the timetable" is one of the stupidest things I've read on Mumsnet (we all know just how many contenders there are for that crown). Since when did trains routinely run to time? There are plenty of non-stop trains running through that station which do not run to a publicly advertised schedule.

I have access to information not provided to the general public and could tell you when engineering trains, freights, charters etc. are running (pretty much anything bar Royal trains which are need-to-know, staff involved with their movements only get told on the day, the rest of us know nothing until we see it pass us). I still wouldn't be daft enough to assume that it was safe to pose for a photo.

@Pelleas

Even on a little-used line, where locals think they know the times of services, unscheduled trains may run - e.g. moving rolling stock to maintenance depot so this behaviour is foolhardy in the extreme.

I agree 100%. And I am flabbergasted that there are some posters who think encouraging railway trespass is no big deal.

If you had had to deal with a decapitated body, as my dh did, you would not say that. Nor would you say it if you had had to counsel a traumatised train driver who had hit and killed a person on the line. They cannot swerve, and a train’s braking distance is LONG - so all they can do is sit in their seat, braking uselessly, hand on the horn, watching as they plough into the person on the track. It is a horrible experience and many never work as a train driver again.