Gallery: The Crazy Train Surfers Who Flirt With Death for Sport

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    Staff Riding, a widespread phenomenon in Johannesburg.
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    Overlooking the township of Katlehong.
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    Train surfing action.
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    A cemetery lays next to Katlehong station.
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    Edi Linda, 31 years old. Co-founder of a local organization seeking to raise awareness about train surfing.
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    A railway bridge, Katlehong.
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    Sibusiso Linda was injured in 2007 by a high-voltage cable. Both arms and one leg had to be amputated.
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    A yard in Katlehong.
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    Dingaan James Gumede, 37 years old, works at Daizer Sales as a s

    Dingaan James Gumede, 37 years old. Every weekday He rides Coach 2 and preaches.
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    Train surfing.
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    Students traditionally sign each other's school shirts after graduation.
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    Exhausted workers rest during the train ride home.
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    Train surfing.
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