Sorry, I was actually trying to be funny. My brand of humor isn't always evident in my posts. I was amazed at these old photos and had to wonder at the guys that climbed the signal bridge AND the mast for the signal atop the signal bridge. There's another similar photo that I didn't post where you can see foamers climbing all over parked boxcars as well as roaming around all over the right-of-way. Just the things you would probably admonish youngsters NOT to do.
Then one wanders why the UP is the only Class 1 with a steam program....
Those fools on the signal bridge are quite a sight.
We all know the Daily Mail wouldn't sensationalize the slightest little thing.....right? Right? 
Looks like many would win the Judge Judy Stupid Award!
She hands that out to 90% of people.
These are candidates for the Springer award.
I keep thinkin' it was downhill fast after this
Doing things like climbing up on the signal mast to get that perfect shot was something that appears to have been done quite frequently in years past. I can't find the issue but, if memory serves me right, I believe it was a 1942 Trains article where the author specifically states he and a couple of other railfans climbed the local signal mast to do exactly what those guys in the pictures posted earlier in this thread are doing.
Robert S. Butler posted:Doing things like climbing up on the signal mast to get that perfect shot was something that appears to have been done quite frequently in years past. I can't find the issue but, if memory serves me right, I believe it was a 1942 Trains article where the author specifically states he and a couple of other railfans climbed the local signal mast to do exactly what those guys in the pictures posted earlier in this thread are doing.
It was wrong and dumb to do back then. The difference, however, is if the person was hurt in those days, he/she took full responsibility and did not file a lawsuit. IMHO.
Sam Jumper posted:Were these same “not be stupid” people the ones not looking for a train on the next track? How about the not stupid up on the signal bridge and dangling from the mast? A different era, yes. Not all the common sense that you might remember.
The classic Ron Ziel book, "Twilight of Steam Locomotives" shows people on masts while photographing 5632's excursions in the 60s.
I've been told that Menk shut down the CB&Q excursion program for many reasons, but among them was all the "Loons" (which was what they called Foamers back then apparently) doing silly stuff like in these photos.
This reminds me, and brings to light, the many recent deaths at the Grand Canyon of individuals defying logic while trying to obtain and capture the perfect selfie while hanging off a ledge'. Only to wind up dead after falling hundreds of feet...........
