This is also why ghosts walk through walls, they're walking through floorplans and paths that no longer exist

My guess would be they don't do it for fear of pedestrians using the bridge and straying onto the line and because if track maintainers or inspectors are walking along it they have permission to do so and train traffic across is halted. They do exist though. There are railroad bridges designed with handrails and walkways for crews where they have to get out and walk for whatever reason and if I recall correctly on the Brooklyn Bridge Pedestrians and subway trains share the lower deck (but are separated of course)

Maybe because it's for trains, not pedestrians? And I'm sure inspectors and workers would inform dispatchers and know for sure when the bridge would be clear of any potential traffic, local pedestrians not so much. And probably not necessary to point out any unauthorized persons using the bridge are technically trespassing on the railroads right-of-way, not necessarily something you want to encourage because of the liability issues bound to crop up

@@misterflibble6601 There have been a number of accidents where rail employees have been killed despite "notifying dispatch" and placing blue flags. Even a derailer won't necessarily save a rail crew, sometimes the derailer gets crushed or knocked off the track instead of the train. When I was in training, they really hammered home how there's no substitute for being aware of your surroundings and able to get out of the way in an emergency. Not having a walkway on a bridge, or at least a place where authorized people can get out of the way of an unexpected train, is just asking for incidents.

@@silmarian That was my thinking as well. Even if a walkway is frequently going to be unsafe or wholly unusable due to inclement weather or some other factor, having it there for when it is accessible is better than not. The railway bridge isn't losing any functionality by adding the option, and if anything it increases safety since (unless you station armed guards 24/7) people are going to try to cross on foot now and then.

On today's episode of "Things I Googled that put me on a Watch List"...

*Fairly recent. Or it could be the work of fairies, who really knows...😉

@@loribernardisunwell9663 lol, that would explain glowing lights in the night :)

I think most of the older stories predate cars and highways so this was probably the only way to cross for dozens of miles.

@@megladon6 yeah I know but still

There’s not many places to safely grab onto if you’re jumping, and some people just don’t have the arm strength to pull themselves back up

Your saying that like everyone has amazing upper body strength to hold themselves for at least a few minutes

@@61936getting back up is the tricky part. but simply hanging there should not be an issue. and unless the train is crawling at walking speeds, it should not take longer than half a minute to pass anyways

Which one?

@@localcarthief he covered it in another video anyway

@@keiranallcott1515 i dont think maquarie fields station is built over a gravesite tho

@@localcarthief could have being a couple of years ago when I heard about it , but my memory could be playing tricks on me , it’s still possible though

@@localcarthief ok I did some quick reading , apparently central station has got a couple of tunnels that were built in the 1970s , but were never used until recently ,where they are about to be used for the metro tunnel system that’s being installed. When they were originally built it was through a cemetery, the bodies were moved but there are stories of ghost in the tunnels

How about Crane steam trains?

@@thomasshaftoe461 that also works

Perhaps Doctors Yellows (Shinkansen test trains), the Schinenzeppelin, the UP M-10000, or GE steam turbine locomotives.

Easy to look that up online, including a rather in-depth study made by the FAA in 1965 examining the kinds of injuries survived when a long fall is survived. They have some interesting (albeit terribly dated) observations that (like automobile accidents) drunk, stoned, or "schizophrenic" individuals seem to suffer fewer deaths and sever injuries, although they declined to suggest why and cautioned that the data may be unreliable. The common "relaxed muscles" thing seems implausible since virtually everyone agrees that for dives over 30 feet you want to hold yourself as rigid as possible and go in feet-first to minimize the deceleration. Most modern data shows that somewhere around a 186 foot drop is pretty consistently fatal. The World High Diving Assaciation advises no one attempt dives of more than about 65 feet due to risk of injury, but there are also thousands of recorded cases of cliff divers making 80-100 foot dives without serious harm. The current world record holder (since 2015) cliff-dived 192 feet, there are vids of it on youtube. Note that all of these numbers rely on the water being deep enough that you don't hit the bottom while still decelerating. That record holder was going around 75mph when he hit, and since you can only survive that sort of thing by minimizing the gees you're experiencing it takes a fair distance to stop - and then you have to resurface before you drown.

@@richmcgee434 I understand that the Golden Gate Bridge, due to its deck height is automatically terminal, should you jump - above a certain speed water becomes 'solid'.

@@johndavies1090 Yeah, at 220 feet the GG Bridge is just beyond the world record, and well beyond the "likely fatal" threshold. I notice most researchers are really hesitant about saying anything is 100% going to be fatal. There's always the tiny chance of some bizarre fluke like Vesna Vulovoc's falling over six miles and living through it thanks to timely S&R efforts (and possibly unusually low blood pressure), or Alan Magee, who survived falling 22,000 feet and crashing through the roof of the St. Nazaire train station in WW2. Not that jumping of the Golden Gate is advisable, but if you're counting on dying Murphy's Law suggests you'll be that one guy who catches a freak updraft at just the right moment and splashes down next a harbor patrol boat who just happens to have a rescue diver who's ready to go.

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@@Electric_Souls i did that for the memes