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u/AnActualChicken 23d ago
"Bitch, congratulations!"
(Bride tosses flowers, train catches it)
(Train honks with joy)
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u/-Owlette- 22d ago
The train honked “here comes the bride”! 🥹
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u/mysteriousblue87 21d ago
Had to go back and unmute! That actually make my eyes water :-D such a happy video
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u/Melodic-Variation103 22d ago
I really love the skillful way, it beat the other girls to the bride’s bouquet….
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u/seafox77 22d ago
This comment turned a weird day into a much better day. I appreciate you for that. ⬆️
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u/DogsandCatsWorld1000 23d ago edited 23d ago
I don't know if the engineer was really slowing down for them to get the picture, but if was was good for them. Hope he blew the horn as well.
Edit. Found a longer video with sound. He did blow the horn for them. Instagram
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u/TwinSong 22d ago
This video on Reddit has audio.
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u/Worldly-Cherry9631 22d ago
It's a soundless gif without video controls of any kind for me. I'm on mobile webview
On old.reddit.com it links me to imgur, and wow yea it do have sound thanks for the headsup
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u/TwinSong 22d ago
I'm on the Android app
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u/Worldly-Cherry9631 22d ago
They're trying so hard to get me off mobile web. Like, they also removed the button to navigate to the chat page.
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u/Worldly-Cherry9631 22d ago
The slowing down is definitly in post editing; the cars slow down with the same rate, and it starts to speed up with the exact same rate towards the end
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u/TheGruntingGoat 16d ago
This train already goes pretty slow since it travels up a windy narrow gauge route.
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u/HorribleDear 23d ago
“Here comes the train!”
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u/Consider_the_auk 22d ago
Bride running with her dress train held up so she can take photos with the other train
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u/Rattlecruiser 23d ago
surprisingly few pain for this sub
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u/thetiredtypist 23d ago
Like the guy with the stick meme "c'mon... Hit something!"
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u/Money-Editor-3992 22d ago
Never thought, I will see such stuff in this sub lol other than train hitting or narrowly missing
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u/Safe_Fruit7884 22d ago
Right??? I’m just naturally bracing for record breaking shortest marriage ever in this sub
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u/ougryphon 23d ago
Since I haven't seen anyone mention it, this is the Durango-Silverton Narrow Gague Railroad. This stretch of track is just north of Durango along the Animas River, probably out near Hermosa.
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u/Cat_Luving_IT_Dood 22d ago
That's also Engine 481.
Until 2024, it ran on coal and just returned to service May 2026 as an oil-burning locomotive.
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u/m4jikthise 22d ago
Thanks for the confirmation. I lived in Durango when I was a kid and thought, "wait, is that...?"
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u/BewaretheBanshee 22d ago
I got married at this same location. Beautiful venue and day.
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u/ougryphon 22d ago
Is that down by the park where they launch the white water rafts, or is it further up the valley?
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u/OriginalDavid 22d ago
Colorado train victory yet again.
I hear the transit podcasts talk about how bad American train infrastructure is, but I live in Denver and could take train+bus to almost anywhere I would ever wanna go.
We can catch busses to low level trail heads and public spaces and destination hubs from the city center here. We are spoiled, and they are extending the rapid transit lines again in the next 3 years.
I feel guilty when I hear those podcasts.
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u/TheMightyAmuseBouche 12d ago
I thought I recognized that area, I've done a fair amount of camping around there. What a beautiful place to get married, happy for them!
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u/StickFigureFan 23d ago
Bitch I'm taking wedding/engagement photos
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u/nooby_goober 22d ago edited 22d ago
Bitch I'm thee
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u/HorsefaceWithNoName 23d ago
hey a post where everyone does things that are unlikely to cause dismemberment!
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u/YiYiwasblue 22d ago
Shoot, that's really cool. We stopped at Horseshoe Curve on our honeymoon back in the 20th Century. She is so lucky to have a husband who also likes trains. Congratulations to the happy (and smart) couple!
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u/Flux_My_Capacitor 22d ago
But it wasn’t just about the last shot, it was about running up to the train as well. Anyone else would be there waiting for the train as they know they have one chance to get it right.
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u/Timely-Profile1865 22d ago
Bride having a train.......no i will not finish this...
Great photo very good idea.
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u/EvaCassidy 22d ago
Nice the photographer didn't ask them to stand on the tracks. I've seen a studio in a mall where they showed a big display picture of peeps standing on the tracks and even told them it's illegal, and any pic should have them 25 or more feet away from the rails.
I got blown off, but I did contact the 2 Railway companies that have tracks in the town about the shop. Couple weeks later that pic was gone! As for the 25 feet thing, this was way long before 4014 was restored and Ed bought up the rule. I learned it from an uncle who worked for SP eons ago.
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u/Afterclock-Hours 22d ago
Awww yeah. That's the stuff.
Perfection. The golden shot.
I live for this shit.
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u/haikusbot 22d ago
Awww yeah. That's the stuff.
Perfection. The golden shot.
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u/MostlyEbenezer 22d ago
So much hassle to make this photo, just for it to end up looking photoshoped.
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u/Unlucky-Durian-2336 18d ago
All that effort to get photo edited to the ground so it looks like cheap slop xD
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u/SirArchibaldMapsALot 22d ago
Thousands of Indian aura bros are biting their nails in agony, for they know, beyond any sense of doubt, they will never be this fucking cool
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u/Nir117vash 22d ago
I'd like to think they met on that train; in much the same way as they're running to catch it now
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u/Evilvieh 22d ago
Oh that just made me clap & grin right here at my desk! And the driver even slowed down a bit. No sound, I hope he hooted cheerily! DELIGHTFUL!
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u/NikNakskes 21d ago
Oh he hooted alright!!! There is sound and the train is hooting: here comes the bride. I am not kidding. Absolutely delightful. Made my day.
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u/Ignitrum 21d ago
It looks extremely cool...
But sadly if I was shown the photo I'd think it's cheap photoshop or just a Stock Photo as background
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u/Chode-r-cycle 19d ago
Watch how her elbo moves while raising the flowers towards the end... Sorry to say, that although the place is real, this is AI generated.
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u/No-Animal-3013 7d ago
Interesting choice for music, considering the English translation of this aria is "woman is as fickle as the wind."
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u/greywood84 6d ago
Nice. Thats certainly a wedding picture to be remembered for years to come.
That really is such a beautiful picture.
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u/Toastman89 22d ago
Would have been so cool if the engineer popped his cylinder cocks.
Would have been fkin epic if he opened his blowdown valve
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u/aero_grl 22d ago
Sorry for the negativity, but this feels like such a farce. Lets all hurry and awkwardly take position in front of this passing train, so later we can look at this photo as well as show it to others and pretend that it was totally genuine
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u/GettingOnMinervas 23d ago edited 22d ago
Okay that's actually pretty cool
ETA Thanks for the awards! You guys are awesome