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Safety First: Photographing Near Tracks & Trains
1. Safety First: Photographing Near
Tracks & Trains
with Helen Sramek, President
and Wende Corcoran, Director of Education
Operation Lifesaver Inc.
Webinar with Professional Photographers of America
May 17, 2012
2. Did you know?
• About every 3 hours
in the United States,
a person or vehicle
is hit by a train.
.
Photo: Operation Lifesaver, Inc.
3. What is Operation Lifesaver?
• Nonprofit 501(c)3,
founded in 1972
• Mission: ending
collisions, deaths and
injuries where roadways
cross train tracks, and
on railroad rights-of-
way.
4. A current trend
Google image search
Flickr images search “creative edge senior portraits” + train tracks
7. 1. Trains can’t stop quickly to avoid
people or vehicles on the tracks.
8. 2. An optical illusion makes it hard to
determine a train's distance from you - and
its speed.
9. Photo credit: BNSF Railway
3. The average train overhangs the track
by at least three feet.
10. Railroad tracks, trestles, yards and rights-
ofway
are private property.
Photo Credit: Capital Metro Rail, Austin TX
4. Railroad tracks, trestles, yards and
rights-of-way are private property.
11. Photo Credit: Operation Lifesaver, Inc.
5. No tracks should be assumed to be abandoned or
inactive.
12. 6. People in your community mimic your
behavior.
13.
14. What You Can Do
• Contact the railroad company to request
permission to photograph.
• Respect private property rights. Would you want
another photographer using your studio without
permission?
• When taking portraits of high school students and
other children, be responsible, and stay safe.