Nail Biting Action!

[Guest ___]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Niiyh3sxwYk

[westfalen]

You'd have to trust the track hadn't shifted out of alignment, there's not much clearance between them. There are a couple of places here in Brisbane with a similar track arrangement but where the trains are coming towards each other. It can be a bit unnerving to have a freight train coming towards you on the same track and then you both veer off at the last moment.

[clem24]

WAY TOO COOL!!! 

[Guest ___]

More trust than I'd be willing to trust my life to as an operator.

[The_Ghan]

Of course, the real action occurs in the background on the level crossing after the trains have passed.  The trains are but a diversion.

 

Cheers

 

The_Ghan

[ShinCanadaSen]

Wow!!!

 

New Olympic sport for 2012? Synchronized trains ;)

 

Kai

[bill937ca]

Of course, the real action occurs in the background on the level crossing after the trains have passed.  The trains are but a diversion.

 

Cheers

 

The_Ghan

 

Keio is scheduled to begin a project to put this station underground.  These videos give a good idea of the intensity of this location, both on the train line and at the crossing.

 

 

A wider longer, view of the action.

 

 

[keiman]

Do they issue new motormen with a spare set of uniform the first day they use that crossing?

[gmat]

Chofu Station? Never noticed it when we went to Takao Mountain.

 

Best wishes,

Grant

[bikkuri bahn]

Chofu Station? Never noticed it when we went to Takao Mountain.

 

Best wishes,

Grant

 

Likely more noticeable when you are on a Hashimoto-bound train, as that line branches off the Hachioji/Takao main line at Chofu.