A recently wedded couple dodged death by a hair’s breadth when posing for a photo on railroad tracks. Following the incident they said, however, that they were doing “such a romantic thing.”

The incident happened at a railroad station in the city of Tomsk in Western Siberia, reports Interfax news agency.

In an apparent outbreak of ill judgment the young people and their friend jumped from the platform just as a train was approaching. The obvious fact that they stepped right into a deathtrap escaped them.

The couple posed, hugging each other on the tracks, while the third member of the thrill-seeking trio prepared to take a shot with his camera.