an image from my past

This sign is a prominant part of my childhood. Isn't it terrifying? My local park had a small railway line that was used very irregularly, with these signs placed at all the level crossings. Even when there were no trains on the line (which was almost always) I always had a vague dread whenever I was crossing that a towering demon train would emerge from nowhere and mow me down. I thought the signs had all been taken down years ago, but a recent trip to the park proved this theory wrong. In an out of the way, slightly overgrown part of the park, this one remained. And it brought back all that childhood dread.

The scars may never fully heal, but it proves that this was an effective way to communicate their message, hmmm?