Category: Train

National Geographic posts photo on train tracks, photographers react with outrage

Dunja Djudjic

It seems that lately there’s been an entire movement aimed at getting photographers and models off the train tracks. No wonder, considering how many people die as train hits them while taking photos. TODAY recently investigated how long it takes for you to hear the train. It turns out that, once you do – it […]

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You really can’t hear trains until they’re almost right on top of you

John Aldred

It’s that time of year again. It’s warming up, the sun’s coming back, and people are going outside to shoot more portraits. And as often happens when we reach this time of year, some of those portrait sessions happen on train tracks. And occasionally, people get killed by trains while shooting on those tracks. TODAY investigative […]

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Student from Navasota killed by train while taking photos

Dunja Djudjic

This Friday, a terrible accident happened because of a reckless photo shoot. A 19-year-old Blinn student and photographer was killed by a train while taking photos in Navasota, Texas. Fredzania Thompson was shooting along the train tracks when she was hit by a Union Pacific train. The accident happened on the train tracks near Hollister and […]

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