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Worlds luckiest track inspector

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I cannot remember seeing this posted before, if it as, my apologies.

http://www.flixxy.com/worlds-luckiest-train-track-inspector.htm

Where is it? It looks a genuine incident to me. I remember at Oakley near Bedford many years ago, I was on an up fast and the track worker couldn't hear us coming because of a loose coupled freight on the down goods.
He fortunately only got the slightest of slight glancing blows from the 90mph Peak class diesel, and he wasn't critically injured.
 
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I am sorry to disappoint everyone but, I this is a hoax. It was doing the rounds about 8 years ago and was debunked then. Whilst the editing is almost there, you can see a little ghosting where the overlaps between the combined clips are.


It would be highly unusual for staff to go onto a high speed line as the standard rules require a line lockout on at least the adjoining line. It would also be one incredibly stupid man who went on a high speed line without anyone else with him.
 
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the video won't load on my work PC but it is the one with guy jumping between three trains and all miss him by inches?
 
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balne-wonderer said:
the video won't load on my work PC but it is the one with guy jumping between three trains and all miss him by inches?
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Yep, he does some pretty good circus-type gyrations, and I am buggered if I know anyone on the Infrastructure side who could even try to attempt them !

We are all fat and unathletic due to an unending diet of english breakfasts, and copious amounts of tea.
 
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Thanks for the input guys, I suspected it was a fake, it just seemed to incredible to be true.
 
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Gus said:
Thanks for the input guys, I suspected it was a fake, it just seemed to incredible to be true.
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Yes, its up at the top of the list along with all the other myths, such as the 9/11 a/c did hit the Pentagon, the Moon landings never took place, birds don't fly at night, and Network Rail manage maintenance cheaper and more efficiently than the IMCs did. :) :)
 
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Gus said:
I cannot remember seeing this posted before, if it as, my apologies.

http://www.flixxy.com/worlds-luckiest-train-track-inspector.htm
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We were shown that during PTS training. Our trainer didn't seem too impressed when some of us pointed out that it's fake. :p

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This one is true though:
For those who the youtube embed doesn't work, here's a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GPZhlYusrg
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I assume you're joking, but the story is true I believe. It's a very good reenactment though.
 
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I assume you're joking, but the story is true I believe. It's a very good reenactment though.
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I'm not joking, that scenario happened, just that this video is an re-enactment doesn't take truth from it (?) 'Red' videos are railway training videos. I mentioned this in this thread as it is similar, in many ways :smile:
 
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As a civil engineering student I did a year out in a divisional civil engineer's office. One Friday a colleague and I were tasked at short notice with marking the cants on a length of track before tamping that weekend. I read the cants whilst my colleague chalked the rail. Normally we would have a lookout but not on this occasion as it was a rush job... Twice (within 30 minutes) I looked up and saw a peak bearing down on me at 90mph and stepped out of the way. The trouble with working on the track is that they can be deceptively quiet and one can easily become engrossed in the task to hand. I still can see the peaks coming towards me even 33 years on.... Having since worked on roads and motorways I can say that railways are the most dangerouse places to work on because of their deceptive nature. Lookouts are essential.
 
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As near misses go, the rail enthusiast filming 70013 Oliver Cromwell in Suffolk who so nearly finished up on the front of the Class? unit takes some beating.
 
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Gus said:
As near misses go, the rail enthusiast filming 70013 Oliver Cromwell in Suffolk who so nearly finished up on the front of the Class? unit takes some beating.
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170 ;)

Why is the 170 called a "High Speed Train" though in that video's title?

More unnecessary pedantry :lol:
 
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Waddon said:
This one is true, too :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiWe8c5SbGY
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Whilst this is a pretty amusing clip, it raises the real question of what would happen if an animal of any significant size did in fact enter the tunnels. I'd be interested to know. It must have happened at least once before, even if many animals instinctively wouldn't enter a tube tunnel. I imagine the creature would be shot or tranquillised and then removed as appropriate.
 
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tsr said:
Whilst this is a pretty amusing clip, it raises the real question of what would happen if an animal of any significant size did in fact enter the tunnels. I'd be interested to know. It must have happened at least once before, even if many animals instinctively wouldn't enter a tube tunnel. I imagine the creature would be shot or tranquillised and then removed as appropriate.
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While I don't know anything about animals, I did hear of a story that a Victoria Line driver once left his train to use a signal phone without shutting it down (thus cutting off the ATO) at which point the signal cleared, forcing him to press himself against the tunnel wall as his own train drove past him. Luckily, the next train was also forced to stop at the signal as his train was now blocking the road at the next station. If it's true, he was a lucky man.
 
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Looks like DB. Ist iz time fur einen new pair of unterpants. Yar.
 
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Obviously fake (no track inspector in the world would ever, ever be allowed anywhere near the line unless he/she knew exactly when and where trains would be coming).
 
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Obviously fake (no track inspector in the world would ever, ever be allowed anywhere near the line unless he/she knew exactly when and where trains would be coming).
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Yup. It's called looking.
 
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