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RE: [OM] Hazards of short lenses, was Now, who will buy from omScales

Subject: RE: [OM] Hazards of short lenses, was Now, who will buy from omScales
From: "James N. McBride" <jnmcbr@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 09:57:45 -0600
True, but still something to be aware of if you plan to be close. /jim

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The effect is much stronger when the moving train is in close proximity
to another train, wall, etc. than out in the open.

Moose

James N. McBride wrote:

>Standing next to a fast train can be very dangerous as they can create a
>suction effect that will pull you in. A conductor mistakenly put my
>grandparents off on the wrong side of a train just as a streamliner passed.
>He grabbed the stationary train and his wife and it took all his strength
to
>hold her. The railroad awarded them free travel on their trains for the
rest
>of their lives. They never got on another train, free or not.
>



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