Animals on the line at Mytholmroyd...

[61653 HTAFC]

Apparently earlier today there were animals on the line at Mytholmroyd earlier, with residual delays still affecting services as far away as Leeds. 2U26 just arrived at Batley 28 down. Amusingly, the platform PIS had the message "This train is formed of 2 carriages due to animals on the line"...
Anyone know any details about the incident? What sort of puns should we be making, for example?

 

[bradders1983]

Don't do any puns, it upsets some of our more precious forum members....

 

[chrissawer]

The guard on our 30-minute delayed train this morning said it was deer.

Northern rail posted a suitable "oh deer" image on Twitter.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

The guard on our 30-minute delayed train this morning said it was deer.

It's been so since they brought in the evening peak restrictions...

Seriously though, I can certainly imagine a deer on the line at Mytholmroyd, I saw one on Huddersfield ring road years ago.
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Don't do any puns, it upsets some of our more precious forum members....

Quite right, we'll have to buck our ideas up. We don't want people fawning about bad puns...

 

[GB]

Don't do any puns, it upsets some of our more precious forum members....

I wouldn't call myself precious but puns have been done to death and frankly reads rather childish.

 

[Temple Meads]

I wouldn't call myself precious but puns have been done to death and frankly reads rather childish.

Indeed. In fact I'm not sure why I even clicked on this thread, as it was pretty inevitable what was going to happen..

 

[bradders1983]

Qed...

 

[Lockwood]

I wouldn't call myself precious but puns have been done to death and frankly reads rather childish.

To quote Homer... Doe!

 

[miami]

Why did the deer ignore the lights at the level crossing?
No eye deer.

What type of deer was it?
treindeer

I wouldn't call myself precious but puns have been done to death and frankly reads rather childish.

I must be being dumb today, can't see the pun there

 

[PHILIPE]

The ATW 08 30 Cardiff to Manchester last Sunday was delayed at Hereford for a short time while the driver was able to remedy the resultant problem after according to ATW Journey Check "Striking wildlife on the Railway".

 

[61653 HTAFC]

The ATW 08 30 Cardiff to Manchester last Sunday was delayed at Hereford for a short time while the driver was able to remedy the resultant problem after according to ATW Journey Check "Striking wildlife on the Railway".

Leaving the puns aside for a moment, presumably when livestock invades the lines presumably the farmer is contacted to round them up (and perhaps pay compensation to the railway!) but if it's wildlife how is it dealt with?
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Why did the deer ignore the lights at the level crossing?
No eye deer.

What type of deer was it?
treindeer



I must be being dumb today, can't see the pun there

STAGgering!

 

[brompton rail]

Leaving the puns aside for a moment, presumably when livestock invades the lines presumably the farmer is contacted to round them up (and perhaps pay compensation to the railway!) but if it's wildlife how is it dealt with?
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STAGgering!

I would imagine that the responsibility for animals (wild or farmed) on the line lies with Network Rail and not the farmer. Network Rail have a legal responsibility to fence the railway in Great Britain imposed by parliament since the 19th century, unlike a number of other countries around the world.

 

[The Lad]

If it is farm animals the farmer will be after compensation for Network Rail's inability to maintain the railway fence.

 

[backontrack]

They probably wanted to try out the Todmorden Curve.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

I would imagine that the responsibility for animals (wild or farmed) on the line lies with Network Rail and not the farmer. Network Rail have a legal responsibility to fence the railway in Great Britain imposed by parliament since the 19th century, unlike a number of other countries around the world.

If it is farm animals the farmer will be after compensation for Network Rail's inability to maintain the railway fence.

Of course! Not sure how I managed to miss that before posting my query!