Very Unusual Mine Railway
Working on a railway is a very dangerous affair and there are always safety procedures in place to ensure that railway workers are protected as much as possible from those dangers. What you’re about to see here would never be allowed in most countries but in some poorer countries workers are prepared to take risks just to keep their jobs.
On this electrified mine railway the loco’s pantograph is hand-held
December 28th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
Wow, that’s incredible. :/ I would never have guessed that would even work, and seeing how close those guys got to the live wire was just horrifying.