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Photographed on CRHA Niagara's "Longest Day" event in 2016 (a 37 year tradition to go out rail-fanning on the Friday closest to the longest day of the year); we couldn't help but admire the ingenuity of this railfan's method of getting a more interesting photographic angle by using a powered parachute. Train itself was CN 2299 and 2512 followed by a long line of mostly autorack cars.
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Caption: Photographed on CRHA Niagara's "Longest Day" event in 2016 (a 37 year tradition to go out rail-fanning on the Friday closest to the longest day of the year); we couldn't help but admire the ingenuity of this railfan's method of getting a more interesting photographic angle by using a powered parachute. Train itself was CN 2299 and 2512 followed by a long line of mostly autorack cars.

Photographer:
Tammy Frakking [9] (more) (contact)
Date: 06/24/2016 (search)
Railway: Canadian National (search)
Reporting Marks: CN 2299 (search)
Train Symbol: Not Provided
Subdivision/SNS: Mile 32.48 Dundas Sub (search)
City/Town: Dundas West (search)
Province: Ontario (search)
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6 Comments
  1. Jacob Patterson
    July 13, 2018 at 8:59 am

    Flying foam! :)

  2. Snake2
    July 13, 2018 at 9:48 am

    Arnold Mooney..you are clear to land !

  3. Snake2
    July 13, 2018 at 12:19 pm

    Points – if you can get it on the top of that auto rack

  4. Driver8666
    July 13, 2018 at 3:07 pm

    I could see Mr. Mooney getting a shot like that. Lol. The powered parachute is not a bad idea.

    I’m sure if it is one of RP’s members, it’ll end up on here. If it is Mr. Mooney, then I will be laughing for days on end.

  5. Not-one-of-the-boys
    July 16, 2018 at 10:59 am

    Thank you – I had a better photo with the parachuter very close to the end of the train, but at the time (of posting this pic) I wasn’t sure if vertical-format photos were allowed, so I chose this one

  6. awmooney
    July 16, 2018 at 1:42 pm

    You guys are crazy!!! You wouldn’t get me up in one of those flying contraptions even if RP was paying me to post here!!! :o )
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