RMweb Premium newbryford Posted January 27, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 27, 2019 Q. How many RMwebbers does it take to change a car light bulb? A. Everyone............ Apologies..... 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted January 27, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 27, 2019 Here is a selection, including the one I mentioned starting at 5:12. I could have posted that earlier but I chose not to. I assume the truck didn't try braking when the lights first started flashing as there seems to be absolutely no slowing at all until it is close to the crossing. Even on black ice you don't carry on ad infinitum. Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 27, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 27, 2019 I could have posted that earlier but I chose not to. I assume the truck didn't try braking when the lights first started flashing as there seems to be absolutely no slowing at all until it is close to the crossing. Even on black ice you don't carry on ad infinitum. Keith Apparently the only fatality was the truck driver though there were other serious injuries. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted January 28, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 28, 2019 Apparently the only fatality was the truck driver though there were other serious injuries. The passenger train driver was lucky then. Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 28, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 28, 2019 The passenger train driver was lucky then. Keith Probably made it into the engine room and/or the way the truck cab was turned by the initial impact with the freight train (facing the passenger train) it formed a crumple zone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium melmerby Posted February 8, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 8, 2019 (edited) All I see is a blank post Aha! something has appeared! But I still can't get anything from the links Edited February 8, 2019 by melmerby what appearedto be blank now has some content 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradoc Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 A different form of Level Crossing stupidity as reported by the Oxford Times: www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/17413017.shiplake-pensioner-who-confronted-great-western-railway-driver-speaks-out/ (Lady complains to Driver about train horn noise, Driver then too upset to complete their shift resulting in train cancellations !) 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted February 8, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 8, 2019 32 minutes ago, caradoc said: A different form of Level Crossing stupidity as reported by the Oxford Times: www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/17413017.shiplake-pensioner-who-confronted-great-western-railway-driver-speaks-out/ (Lady complains to Driver about train horn noise, Driver then too upset to complete their shift resulting in train cancellations !) Like the railway crossing is new. It must have been there for 150 years at least. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted February 8, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 8, 2019 They drive amongst us https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/greater-anglia-disruption-as-van-left-near-beccles-1-5884004 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted February 8, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 8, 2019 4 minutes ago, beast66606 said: They drive amongst us https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/greater-anglia-disruption-as-van-left-near-beccles-1-5884004 Very scary. It seems to have travelled a fair way from the crossing too. I do wonder if it's about time that drivers' should become personally liable for the financial impact of this sort of nonsense. Cost of recovery, police time, costs to the TOC (or FOC when appropriate), etc to name a few that spring to mind. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 On 27/01/2019 at 19:44, PhilJ W said: Here is a selection, including the one I mentioned starting at 5:12. I fully appreciate that this is a truly horrible accident, but at 5:52 I could have sworn that the bogie torn off has a tension lock coupling 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 1 hour ago, caradoc said: A different form of Level Crossing stupidity as reported by the Oxford Times: www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/17413017.shiplake-pensioner-who-confronted-great-western-railway-driver-speaks-out/ (Lady complains to Driver about train horn noise, Driver then too upset to complete their shift resulting in train cancellations !) I'd never heard of any sort of volume control on locomotive or multiple-unit horns. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted February 8, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 8, 2019 32 minutes ago, Fat Controller said: I'd never heard of any sort of volume control on locomotive or multiple-unit horns. So someone at a call centre told the lady what she wanted to hear! As if call centre staff, would do such a thing! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted February 8, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 8, 2019 1 hour ago, kevinlms said: Like the railway crossing is new. It must have been there for 150 years at least. I62 years this coming May. But the requirement to sound the train horn before departing from the station towards the terminus at Henley has only existed since the crossing was converted to an AOC(L) in the early part of the 1970s - so train horns have only been sounded there for 45 years or so. Sounding the horn there is also a warning for a foot crossing which (due to lineside overgrowth) from one side has no view at all of a train leaving the station unless you are standing right by the rail edge. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Close the crossings... Problem solved! 2 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 2 hours ago, caradoc said: www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/17413017.shiplake-pensioner-who-confronted-great-western-railway-driver-speaks-out/ Just gone to that link to be faced with a picture of an XC HST with this written beside it: "Stock image of Great Western Railway train" Well done, Oxford Times, complete an utter fail!! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Coryton Posted February 8, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 8, 2019 2 hours ago, ejstubbs said: Not what you expect to see when a car is blocking tram tracks. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted February 8, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 8, 2019 6 minutes ago, Coryton said: Not what you expect to see when a car is blocking tram tracks. Oh I dunno - it is a BMW (but strangely it seems to have working indicators - must be a new model) 1 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 2 hours ago, Fat Controller said: I'd never heard of any sort of volume control on locomotive or multiple-unit horns. But I believe they can control the duration, which might amount to the same thing in some peoples eyes... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted February 8, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 8, 2019 Big Jim reported a similar event recently on his thread - though in that case the complainant was using the crossing without notifying the signalling centre so was seriously in the wrong anyway. There would be even more serious complaints - and probably serious consequences - if train drivers didn't use their horns. But of course the train driver should have seen the person on the crossing and stopped!!! Jonathan 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted February 8, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 8, 2019 2 hours ago, The Stationmaster said: Oh I dunno - it is a BMW (but strangely it seems to have working indicators - must be a new model) Must be a limited edition 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigherb Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 2 hours ago, The Stationmaster said: Oh I dunno - it is a BMW (but strangely it seems to have working indicators - must be a new model) More than likely the hazard lights came on automatically. A lot of vehicles have a knock sensor that switch on the hazard lamps and unlocks the doors (if you drive with them locked) in the event of an impact. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Simon Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 9 hours ago, Fat Controller said: I'd never heard of any sort of volume control on locomotive or multiple-unit horns. Not quite a 'control', but the Class 80x have softer horns when travelling under 100mph. Simon 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Jonboy Posted February 9, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 9, 2019 21 hours ago, The Stationmaster said: Oh I dunno - it is a BMW (but strangely it seems to have working indicators - must be a new model) Nah that’s the “I am entitled to park anywhere I like if these are activated feature” not an indicator... 1 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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