Hafizabad is a city located 94 km north of Faisalabad on Faisalabad-Wazirabad Railway section. In a seemingly dare-devil stunt, this guy is seen jumping across freight box cars.
Photo Credits: Ali Muhammad
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Nice picture nonetheless.
Well caught MQ. I think you are right. So, its Mr. Ali Muhammad who is the artiste here and not the guy who is jumping:-)
Today’s Railway colonies in Pakistan’s rail linked
cities look alike, dirty garbagge collects, plastic bags
graveyard. It used to be clean worth visiting and called
job giver Railway. Degradation is obvious all around
Nostalgic PWR.
Actually, the guy is not running over the train. He is running on the road and the train is probably stationary. It is a trick picture.
Nice.
Do we know if the train was moving or static?
Of course, running over, traveling, sitting on the TOP of a train is a common South Asian practice. Less so in Pakistan than in Bangladesh and les now than before.
Trvelling while sitting on TOP of the train was not only a way to travel without a ticket, it also got you an ‘air conditioned’ seat in hot sumers!