Then I come along, and tell you that we've had a signal lamp failure has been detected at a signal between the old station at Madely (Crewe) and Stafford
This requires another 78 Voyagers + 53 Pendolinos (o i mean members) to replace the even bigger lamp in the signal, compared to the original lightbulb.
One numpty rail employee gets lost on the way (and goes on an emergency diversion) to fixing the failed signal. Another 3 NR staff try to look for lost employee, but manager intervenes, and demands that he calls Health & Safety staff. (2 to deal with it, 3 to monitor the H*S staff, and 1 to supervise everyone)
By this time a 350 on the mainline is waiting at failed signal for 2 hours, on a hot summers day, resulting in chavs breaking emergency window with iPod and running riot on the WCML. (WCML is completely closed Crewe-Stafford, with trains diverted via Stoke and Stone)
This results to even more H&S staff being called in. By this time the lost NR employee has found the signal on his own, and fixed it, allowing the 350 to run to stafford at max of 50mph, due to broken window. (With chavs onboard) WCML reopens.
5 minutes later, the WCML is closed again, as up to 15 suspicious looking people are on the line, with odd looking orange jackets on. 10 police officers turn up, to investigate.
Police realise that it's a bunch of NR and H&S workers, lets them go, and re opens line.
By this time, a different signal has failed, this time between Stafford and Wolves, near Penkridge, forcing all of the allready delayed trains via Tamworth LL and Nuneaton.
The cycle repeats itself, and passengers eventually get home... somehow....
And i forgot to mention, in addition, a RUK member jumps the thread 3 months later with something totally useless and off topic, forcing 3 mods to lock the thread
:mrgreen:
hock: Me? Never.....
