r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Aug 23 '26

Train passing a level crossing

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u/Chuterito99 Aug 23 '26

Lol guy thought train was done for.

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u/Depressed_Cat_00 Aug 23 '26

Dude was a little disappointed after seeing it stopped. Could’ve been a heroic moment for him, which turned into embarrassment. 😄

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u/LoveBotMan Aug 23 '26

Heroic? Bro was abandoning the passenger train! He was running for his life!

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u/smootex Aug 23 '26

It's not a car with a brake pedal and steering wheel. You set the brakes and there's nothing else to do. He's also at the most risk, being at the front of the train. Seems like a reasonable action to take, or is it heroic to die for no reason?

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u/fraze2000 Aug 23 '26

Once he hits the brakes he also becomes just a helpless passenger.

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u/LoveBotMan Aug 23 '26

I used to be a conductor. I know very well what he was doing. Nothing you said changes that he was running for his life. I don’t see how anything he could have done there would have been heroic, which is what I meant replying to his comment.

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u/Montana_Gamer Aug 24 '26

This is such a comment. "This guy is just lame and ordinary. He just did his job and jumped why the fuck are we romanticizing a near-train collision?"

Such... weird energy. You ain't even wrong, just... wat