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Re: With a bang
by graymac Tue Mar 06, 2012 8:04 pm
Rail travel is, thankfully, a very safe way to get to your destination. Much safer than the roads, But accidents can happen. It's like airliners, they don't crash frequently, but when they do . . . . . . .
And I'm sure our real train drivers are a more competent lot than the bunch of cowboys we can find on train sims
And I'm sure our real train drivers are a more competent lot than the bunch of cowboys we can find on train sims
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Re: With a bang
by joeyfjj Tue Mar 06, 2012 8:09 pm
graymac wrote:the bunch of cowboys we can find on train sims
Someone mentioned me?
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Re: With a bang
by pedned Tue Mar 06, 2012 9:49 pm
graymac wrote:http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0306/dart.html
Ouch!!
Surely they're only set off by pressure, so either he chucked something in his bag on top of them, or dropped / threw his bag...
His own fault then, as he knew they were in there.
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Re: With a bang
by pedned Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:16 pm
Derryck wrote:THIS is a major ouch, then...
Second major incident in about as many years... A safety case must be due by now.
Wasn't it Poland that 2 trains collided a few years ago too? If I remember rightly it was... An ex-girlfriend lost her Grandfather in that one...
Not looking good for Poland/Polish Railways at the minute then!
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Re: With a bang
by graymac Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:32 pm
Wasn't it Poland that 2 trains collided a few years ago too?
google "train crash norway" and there's been more than one.
and Sweden, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1343277/Train-crashes-Malmo-station-hitting-buffers.html
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Re: With a bang
by pedned Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:36 pm
I heard about the one in Malmo, as I've been talking to two Swedish people online for a few years now.
One of whom actually lives in Malmo!!
She's pretty nice looking too!
One of whom actually lives in Malmo!!
She's pretty nice looking too!
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Re: With a bang
by graymac Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:38 pm
And Joey thought his train looked rough!!!
Look! Pivoting bogies
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Re: With a bang
by thehoviskid Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:42 pm
I was at Doncaster many years ago on the Annual Festive Outing to see new and exciting things (ever played Guess the 91? You've never lived) and there was an issue with the overhead supply, with a 91 stranded just south of the station. Chap wanders over to the 67 in the sidings by the works to tow it in, opens the cab door from the trackside and lobs his bag into the vestibule behind the cab... and straight out the other side.pedned wrote:so either he chucked something in his bag on top of them, or dropped / threw his bag...
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Re: With a bang
by mrknowitall Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:45 pm
graymac wrote:
And Joey thought his train looked rough!!!
Look! Pivoting bogies
Funny guy
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Re: With a bang
by thehoviskid Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:49 pm
"....and that, ladies and gentlemen, is how you change the centre of gravity. None of this train.dat nonsense!"
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