Always use the bridge...

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[youtube]we_MmdNOAJE[/youtube]


Always use the bridge, or trip...


http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=we_MmdNOAJE

 

[rail-britain]

Always use the bridge, or trip...

edited, can now see the intended link

Mmm, slicey, slicey
I like mine in a roll please

 

[Mintona]

S***, my heart went into my mouth for a moment then hock:

 

[FusionRail]

Question is, what kind of idiot would run in front of the train, across the line when infact if they had jumped backwards, they would have been clear..

Would have taught them a lesson if they had been hit though.

****ing chavs.

 

[P156KWJ]

jeeeesus - if the train was going a tad faster, that kid's arm would have beeen sliced off

 

[Bayum]

The annoying thing is, if it was in the UK, the kids parents, or the kid would probably sue NR for allowing them to get on the track, and there being nothing to stop them, or if their arm did come off, it would be the taxpayers money treating them in hospital.

 

[Crompton Karl]

hock: Oh my god, some people are fools aren't they?

 

[P156KWJ]

yeah, whilst some poor person with cancer isn't recieving attention whilst someone is in hospital with a snapped off arm

 

[laseandre]

jeeeesus - if the train was going a tad faster, that kid's arm would have beeen sliced off

He would have got what he ****ing deserved. He had no right tresspassing on railway property.

 

[NSEFAN]

That was more dumb luck than judgement

 

[Broken Viking]

Hail All!
Personally...I wish Id've been the driver in that video, as a similar situation with me at the controls might see me making a slight error and throwing the power controller into the "full" position, insted of the brakes... hock:

There are several damn good reasons why railways are given their own dedicated routes whenever possible, and - With trams being the only notable exception - It's very rare to see road and rail traffic sharing permanent way, even though the two would be very easy to amalgamate together. :roll:

From my own wannabe APT/HST/IC225 drivers perspective;
As far as I am concerned, the railway lines are where I'm supposed to be. If ye have a valid reason for being there as well - Say, ye are part of an authorised and trained maintenance crew working in an adjacent possession - Then that's fine, and I'll use all of the normal safety devices and procedures in place to allow me to pass ye in perfect safety.
Yet if ye deign to tresspass on the line and ye find thyself in front of my train, then expect no mercy from me...I'm already well known for being a very Bloodthirsty so-und-so, and I'm sure than an IC-225 is more than strong enough to hit a human at 450mph without enduring any damage...

The moral of my story here: If ye don't have a perfectly valid and authorised reason for being anywhere near or on the line (Normal public areas excepted), then for f***s sake - STAY OFF THE RAILS!

Farewell...
>> Death <<

P.S: Does anyone have the alternative version of that video? It should show the more horrific reality where the train is actually doing about 100mph, hits the guy full-on, and his Blood goes all over the place in the most gut-wrenching and satisfying manner...

 

[rail-britain]

The annoying thing is, if it was in the UK, the kids parents, or the kid would probably sue NR for allowing them to get on the track, and there being nothing to stop them, or if their arm did come off, it would be the taxpayers money treating them in hospital.

Which is why NR has spent so much money over the last few years barricading and fencing off as many railside locations as possible
A walkway I used to use, which had a 3 foot brickwall now has a 3 foot fence on top of that wall

 

[thefab444]

I'm sure than an IC-225 is more than strong enough to hit a human at 450mph without enduring any damage...

Ye don't know when yer train is going to fail, afterall, ye're only the driver aren't ye?

Ye Gods?

 

[richa2002]

Which is why NR has spent so much money over the last few years barricading and fencing off as many railside locations as possible
A walkway I used to use, which had a 3 foot brickwall now has a 3 foot fence on top of that wall

Nonsense.

 

[CraigS]

hock: Oh my god, some people are fools aren't they?

Yes.

 

[P156KWJ]

Which is why NR has spent so much money over the last few years barricading and fencing off as many railside locations as possible
A walkway I used to use, which had a 3 foot brickwall now has a 3 foot fence on top of that wall

similar stories here - but as our back yard leads on to NR property, we have a 7ft high wooden fence with hardly any gaps (so you can't see the trains unless you are in the house), and they were going to replace it with horrible metal razor wire fence that you see around power stations hock: and no-one was happy about this (bear in mind NR own the fence, not us) and they changed there mind - but had to do it further down the way :roll:

 

[richa2002]

Secretly saw a hole in it, I'm sure no-one would notice!

 

[RJ]

If people are going to trespass then they should at least make sure they can see what's coming so that no-one else is physically or psychologically affected by the sight of them on the rails. That isn't to say that I feel it mitigates the stupidity or gravity of it or that I condone it, but the reality is, it happens.

Unfortunately there are people out there stupid enough to do it, more so on blind curves and hopefully next time they think about it, there'll be some rusty barbed wires flanking the rails which will intravenously cut them if they attempt to negotiate it. Seem to remember someone on here climbing over something similar to get close to the running rails for a 'better photo', same goes to people like that.
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Personally...I wish Id've been the driver in that video, as a similar situation with me at the controls might see me making a slight error and throwing the power controller into the "full" position, insted of the brakes... hock:

In these days of OTMR, you'd be proverbially hung, drawn and quartered for that :razz:

 

[Broken Viking]

Hail again!

If people are going to trespass then they should at least make sure they can see what's coming so that no-one else is physically or psychologically affected by the sight of them on the rails. That isn't to say that I feel it mitigates the stupidity or gravity of it or that I condone it, but the reality is, it happens.

There's a pedestrian crossing near to me that traverses the North Downs line. Though it's perfectly legal to use it (It's an official crossing) I've never considered it a safe one as the sighting distance on the Northbound road is far too short for comfort, and I've had a near miss with a Voyager on that crossing before now. I posted about it in the main NR forum ages ago hoping that someone from NR would see it and make sure that some form of improvements (Say, a pedestrian warning light, or 'phone to Reading/Guildford signalboxes) were installed there, but I digress. I thank the Gods that - As far as I'm aware - I'm the only person who appears to use it at all.

The point that I'm making here is that whenever I using the crossing, I'm always - IMO - taking a similar risk to the average tresspasser, even though I'm using an official crossing in the authorised manner. Indeed...If I'm at home and know that I'm going to be using the crossing before returning there, I always stuff my hi-vis in my pocket. Won't do me b***er-all good against a Northbound train approaching at over 70mph during hours of darkness, but at least I'm doing the best I can.

In these days of OTMR, you'd be proverbially hung, drawn and quartered for that :razz:

Ahh...But remember that OTMR needs electricity to function, and I often carry a multi-tool with - Amongst other features - A pair of wire-cutters!
(Only kidding of course...Ye'd never disconnect an OTMR device unless ye wanted to go down for thirty years! hock:)

Farewell...
>> Death <<

 

[P156KWJ]

Hail again! There's a pedestrian crossing near to me that traverses the North Downs line. Though it's perfectly legal to use it (It's an official crossing) I've never considered it a safe one as the sighting distance on the Northbound road is far too short for comfort, and I've had a near miss with a Voyager on that crossing before now. I posted about it in the main NR forum ages ago hoping that someone from NR would see it and make sure that some form of improvements (Say, a pedestrian warning light, or 'phone to Reading/Guildford signalboxes) were installed there, but I digress. I thank the Gods that - As far as I'm aware - I'm the only person who appears to use it at all.

The point that I'm making here is that whenever I using the crossing, I'm always - IMO - taking a similar risk to the average tresspasser, even though I'm using an official crossing in the authorised manner. Indeed...If I'm at home and know that I'm going to be using the crossing before returning there, I always stuff my hi-vis in my pocket. Won't do me b***er-all good against a Northbound train approaching at over 70mph during hours of darkness, but at least I'm doing the best I can.

Ahh...But remember that OTMR needs electricity to function, and I often carry a multi-tool with - Amongst other features - A pair of wire-cutters!
(Only kidding of course...Ye'd never disconnect an OTMR device unless ye wanted to go down for thirty years! hock:)

Farewell...
>> Death <<

one of our field level crossings has a crappy view when it crosses the Nottingham to Lincoln line, and you have to keep walking past some hedges on your right until you're more or less on the line to check if there's one coming hock: and I've gone accross before and seen a 153, and a 56 that I didn't know was there 1/4 of a mile down the line, and you simply can't bloody see ... as for the up line, no worries!
Speaking of this whole thing, down at the GCRN, we appeared to have the vandals in again a couple of nights ago; as I discovered a mk1 with a few new windows broken and a class 20 had an engine-side door open. Just think that when they don't know the specification oif the locomotive, they could easily be electrocuted, or worse.

 

[Nym]

"Oh for F***k's sake"

Love that response from the driver...

Anyway, I'd agree with phones and whatnot at footcrossings etc.. but not closing them, after all theres too much legislation in the UK to be able to argue things