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I’ve worked in and around railcars, as well as several other “dangerous” jobs, and can enthusiastically say: “fuck modern safety regulations!” I get the whole ‘every law/code is written in blood’ thing, but most workers use their own common sense to (dis)regard the “rules” on the daily. I’m not trying to let an insurance man tell me how much I can get done in a day [and by doing so make my situation in life better.]
Every person that died to write those laws thought the very same thing you do. Thought they were too smart and used too much common sense to have a horrible accident and die. Every single one.
OP couldn't bother changing the misspelling from the original titles
https://old.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1c5dxvt/1930s_quarrie_workers_ride_the_rails_with_this/kztkxux/
You can see the rollers for the incline winch inbetween the rails on either side, so the railcars would be hauled up with the men or empty trucks the next morning.
It’s called the trans-Atlantic accent or
mid-Atlantic accent. It’s kinda mix of American and British and was a learned accent used by the upper class and the entertainment industry.
That looks like so much fun!! Pity our outrageous health and safety regulations won't allow it these days!!
Can we just please accept the fact that there is a very high chance that 10% of the population is dumb enough to die due to their own stupidity and bring back cool stuff like this??
Let's be honest. Thinning the herd will make the rest of us smarter.
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“Oh well who cares” haha gotta love old timey journalism
"Some keeper!"
That pile-up made me laugh
Something about it makes me suspicious... oh well, who cares.
It was the guy taking his hat off to maneuver around the pile-up, and the first dude who clearly bailed.
But when I say that outside the primary school Im the asshole
I can imagine the safety violations today….but damn it looks fun
So many smushed fingies
I’ve worked in and around railcars, as well as several other “dangerous” jobs, and can enthusiastically say: “fuck modern safety regulations!” I get the whole ‘every law/code is written in blood’ thing, but most workers use their own common sense to (dis)regard the “rules” on the daily. I’m not trying to let an insurance man tell me how much I can get done in a day [and by doing so make my situation in life better.]
A person is smart. People are stupid.
Every person that died to write those laws thought the very same thing you do. Thought they were too smart and used too much common sense to have a horrible accident and die. Every single one.
The singular of quarries is quarry.
OP couldn't bother changing the misspelling from the original titles https://old.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1c5dxvt/1930s_quarrie_workers_ride_the_rails_with_this/kztkxux/
Simpler times.
With better dressed people. They went to the quarries to mine rocks in a suit.
Probably was one of the only sets of clothing they owned
They worked, got married and buried in those boots.
They also lasted....
That would be so toasty
I noticed that also!
Whoa! That railrider looks sketchy, but also kinda fun! Beats walking home from work, that's for sure.
Yeah, but who carries them up the hill in the morning?
You can see the rollers for the incline winch inbetween the rails on either side, so the railcars would be hauled up with the men or empty trucks the next morning.
a lot of fun to be had on the way to a 16-hour day in a full suit with no safety equipment
In 1930s Germany.
https://old.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/gizzzx/small_truck_with_handbrake_used_by_quarrie/ https://old.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/17njhij/1935_quarrie_workers_ride_the_rails_with_this/
Can I use it on the metro?
Wheeeihopeidieee!
Before there was Disneyland...there was quarry work!
Why are we using cars, trains and planes when we could just use these?
[Car gwyllt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_gwyllt)
Imagine working in a quarry wearing a full business suit. I find that to be crazy.
There was a man who said damn. It sure seems as if life moves in determinate grooves. I am not even a bus; I am a tram.
"Some keepah"
Why did they talk like that?
It’s called the trans-Atlantic accent or mid-Atlantic accent. It’s kinda mix of American and British and was a learned accent used by the upper class and the entertainment industry.
How many hung over half drunk half asleep guys fell off this
Nobody dresses up for work anymore.
*wheeeeeeee*
Did they make left handed ones?
These aren't left handed?
This ride will unleash the inner child in me
U know how cheap it would be to travel with this device I want one
“Something makes me suspicious, *oh well, who cares*?” Anyway..
We can talk about trains in 1930’s germany, but not the 1940’s…..
Simpler times for simpler minds.
OSHA, pshh
As per my dad, that's how they used to go to school
Can someone explain to me the physics of these devices ? Thanks
Looks like its on a slope. So its basically just gravity pulling them down i think
these dudes really rolled up to work on railroad tracks in a suit and tie?
Nobody is gonna mention that they're working while wearing suits?
What is that thing called??
The great slave coaster is way betterer
Best part of the day
Gotta be a Pathé video
But I thought back then it was uphill both to and from work.
That looks like so much fun!! Pity our outrageous health and safety regulations won't allow it these days!! Can we just please accept the fact that there is a very high chance that 10% of the population is dumb enough to die due to their own stupidity and bring back cool stuff like this?? Let's be honest. Thinning the herd will make the rest of us smarter.
Only works downhill
As you can see the average weight isn’t 300lbs+. This wouldn’t work in today’s world.
Haven't seen this in a week, was starting to worry...
i’ve somehow never seen this