Beef causing Delays at Nailsea

[starrymarkb]

Via Facebook

(for benefit of our blind members or those who have Facebook blocked at work: image is of a cow on the line, in front of a Class 150, at Nailsea & Blackwell station)

Let the puns commence

 

[tsr]

Walking away from the train? Coward...

(On a more serious note, the cow has now been remooved.)

 

[Rapidash]

It'll all end up with a discussion on how driving is a.....gravy train.


(I'll get me coat)

 

[asylumxl]

A rogue FGW commuter? They always insist their trains are like cattle trucks .

 

[callum112233]

Moove on everyone. Nowt to see here

 

[Diplodicus]

hope there's not anudder one!

 

[t o m]

First Cow-pital Connect?

 

[TEW]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocZH3FFgsQE&sns=fb

 

[alexf380]

Did the driver get a roasting at the depot?

Was it a bull? Did th driver have to blow the horns?

I'm here all week folks...

 

[richw]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocZH3FFgsQE&sns=fb

Shame we didn't get to see whether or not the slowly approaching HST leathered the cow.

 

[yorksrob]

First Cow-pital Connect?

Shouldn't that be First Cow-pat-al Connect ?

 

[Murph]

Was it going to Wellington?

 

[yorksrob]

Must have been a burgger to shift !

 

[alexf380]

The pax must have got leathered with delays

 

[Captain Chaos]

I think we have taken our "locally sourced produce" claims a bit too far now.

 

[richw]

Were the travelling chefs serving fresh local beef this evening?

 

[PHILIPE]

Shame we didn't get to see whether or not the slowly approaching HST leathered the cow.

Looks more like a 150/1 which would have been slowing down to call to me !!!

 

[richw]

Looks more like a 150/1 which would have been slowing down to call to me !!!

Its a HST, somebody on another forum who was present at the station has commented that the incoming HST was at walking pace.

The 150 is 2Y04 0648 Bristol Temple- Meads to Weston Super mare
The approaching HST is 1A07 0653 Weston Super Mare - Paddington

 

[dysonsphere]

Hmmm dinner

 

[NightStar]

Fresh beef for my Spaghetti.

 

[Strat-tastic]

This cowboy drives trains. Yeehaw!

 

[TDK]

Technically speaking the lines have to be blocked when a large animal is obstructing the line. If I remember correctly there was an incident in Scotland where a cow was hit by a train and lives were lost and not only the cows. Let the Mail rant as much as they like but if the lines remained open and there was an accident what would the Mail write then? !Incompetent drivers and NR managers fail to adhere to the safety of the railway no doubt"

 

[ainsworth74]

That was Polmont and is the reason why we've got object deflectors and that the DVTs have big concrete lumps in them.

 

[TDK]

That was Polmont and is the reason why we've got object deflectors and that the DVTs have big concrete lumps in them.

Yes indeed but the rule still remains in the rule book regarding a large animal as an obstruction that means the driver must carry out certain procedures and one is to get all effected lines blocked and if unable to contact the signaller deploy emergency protection of the lines.

 

[ainsworth74]

Indeed, I was just providing the information about which accident you were referencing

 

[Northerner]

I had a near miss at norton junction when I was training, with four bulls in and around the four foot, I was just accelerating to 90mph, luckily we missed them, but I got leathered that night

 

[TDK]

I had a near miss at norton junction when I was training, with four bulls in and around the four foot, I was just accelerating to 90mph, luckily we missed them, but I got leathered that night

I actually hit a large cow in a 153 braking from 75mph. Killed the cow outright and the angle I hit it was pure luck, stayed on the track, never lost the air and continued to the nearest station where the train was taken out of service for a full check. However it could have been a lot worse. I have also hit a horse and flock of sheep and ironically it was the sheep that did the most damage and the train nearly derailed. I think the farmers should be heavily fined if their animals escape if the fencing is their responsibility. Imagine the delay costs that are accumulated.

 

[starrymarkb]

The Fencing is NRs responsibility. It always has been a legal requirement dating back to the first trains for the railway in the UK to ensure it is securely fenced. Elsewhere in the world it's the landowner's responsibility

 

[Tomnick]

Technically speaking the lines have to be blocked when a large animal is obstructing the line. If I remember correctly there was an incident in Scotland where a cow was hit by a train and lives were lost and not only the cows. Let the Mail rant as much as they like but if the lines remained open and there was an accident what would the Mail write then? !Incompetent drivers and NR managers fail to adhere to the safety of the railway no doubt"

Stop and caution - no reason why the job can't keep moving with that in mind (unless the cow's in the fourfoot, as here) though!

 

[bezzer]

Stop and caution - no reason why the job can't keep moving with that in mind (unless the cow's in the fourfoot, as here) though!

Apparently the smell is unbearable. Something to do with the 3 stomachs getting splattered all over the train. There was one 2 weeks ago on Greater Anglia. Did serious damage to a 379 which has to be taken out of service immediately. They can de-rail trains so I think it is a reasonable excuse for suspending a service!!!

Our problem on GA at the moment is swans in the 4 foot. They are protected by her majesty so unfortunately unlike pigeons and other game we can't hit them at 80 mph unless we want to end up in the tower!!! Despite the overheads at Tottenham Hale looking like Oxford Street at Christmas. So delays due to swans on the line is another problem.