alastairq Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 29 minutes ago, SamThomas said: However, I don't like being treat as an idiot or a schoolchild. Maybe I'll look for somewhere else more suited to my personallity. Hah....I get that all the time! It's quite useful really, since folk are less disappointed if I act a bit thick.... However, I find that those who treat me as an an idiot, invariably are the idiots themselves, at least in my book! Post what you will, wherever you are, and be damned, as they say. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Just now, phil-b259 said: Interesting switch of careers there! Pure noseyness on my part but I'm curious as to what prompted what sounds like a quite radical change of direction. Not sure. Perhaps she read 'Call of the Wild' at an impressionable age? 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted September 5, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 5, 2021 10 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: Well, that's true of most places. Oh indeed - I can think of several less than desirable aspects of British life / way of doing things.... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted September 5, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 5, 2021 1 minute ago, alastairq said: Hah....I get that all the time! It's quite useful really, since folk are less disappointed if I act a bit thick.... However, I find that those who treat me as an an idiot, invariably are the idiots themselves, at least in my book! Post what you will, wherever you are, and be damned, as they say. As was told to me when I joined the railway as a mere underling various team leaders were very keen to point out everyone is a, ahem*, an 'idiot' - it just depends on what type of 'idiot' you are..... * The actual word was not suitable for repetition on here. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Fat Controller said: I have just E-mailed a friend who drives 'Exceptional Loads' around the US and Canada (she's just finishing a run from Texas to British Columbia) inquiring about the provision of communications at Grade Crossings. She used to be an NR MOM, so I would imagine she'd be able to clarify things a bit. Isn't the Internet amazing? Just had a reply from the other side of the Pond:- Yes, that is definately the same. When we have an oversize load it’s often written on the permit, or with phone numbers in case of problems. A classic just doing the rounds in the internet was a wind turbine blade being moved. The obviously didn’t ring first because a slow move round a bend and over the crossing started and then the barriers came down and the train blew through the blade!! 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted September 5, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 5, 2021 That would be the one that featured on this thread a couple of pages back. Someone wasn't doing their job obviously. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted September 5, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 5, 2021 38 minutes ago, Fat Controller said: Isn't the Internet amazing? Just had a reply from the other side of the Pond:- Yes, that is definately the same. When we have an oversize load it’s often written on the permit, or with phone numbers in case of problems. A classic just doing the rounds in the internet was a wind turbine blade being moved. The obviously didn’t ring first because a slow move round a bend and over the crossing started and then the barriers came down and the train blew through the blade!! Yes, so what is the procedure there? Obviously the route needs to be followed and problem areas identified. Crossing any railway, at slow speed with a long load, is going to present an issue and if not planned for, a result of destruction MAY result! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted September 5, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 5, 2021 A lot of US crossings have a plate witha phone number to report problems to the railway/railroad company. But does a wind turbine blade mean a problem or is such mundane things as broken or faulty barriers? 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 3 hours ago, SamThomas said: ..... Virtually everyone has a mobile/cell/handy these days. Just out of interest, what's the mast coverage like in the 'States nowadays ? ...... there are plenty of places in our compact little isle where reception is poor - if it exists at all. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradoc Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 4 hours ago, SamThomas said: However, I don't like being treat as an idiot or a schoolchild. Maybe I'll look for somewhere else more suited to my personallity. I thought I was offering an olive branch, but don't worry Sam, I will not quote you, respond to you or otherwise engage with you in any way on here in future. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted September 5, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 5, 2021 1 hour ago, melmerby said: A lot of US crossings have a plate witha phone number to report problems to the railway/railroad company. But does a wind turbine blade mean a problem or is such mundane things as broken or faulty barriers? They don't seem very conspicuous compared to such things in the UK though - which will always come with a phone rather than relying on the vehicle driver to use their own. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted September 5, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 5, 2021 This is Thomasville NC, where that car got wacked in the video I posted a couple of pages back. Bit of info overload IMHO but there is an emergency phone plate: IMHO the phone number is in too small a typeface. It needs to be easily read. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 White on light blue's hardly the most eye-catching combination either. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted September 5, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 5, 2021 1 hour ago, melmerby said: This is Thomasville NC, where that car got wacked in the video I posted a couple of pages back. Bit of info overload IMHO but there is an emergency phone plate: IMHO the phone number is in too small a typeface. It needs to be easily read. There is some important information (lost) there that is "out sized" by some much less important clutter. Kev. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 At least you know where to stop when you're flashing ! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted September 6, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 6, 2021 11 hours ago, Wickham Green too said: At least you know where to stop when you're flashing ! And you’ll get a lot of visitors well organised also….. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted September 6, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 6, 2021 12 hours ago, Wickham Green too said: At least you know where to stop when you're flashing ! I posted that in the wacky signs as well. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 I'm sure I've read that in the US, outsize load movement planners have to either register the route with the state DOT/s or that the relevant DOT actually prepares the route. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted September 6, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 6, 2021 14 hours ago, Wickham Green too said: White on light blue's hardly the most eye-catching combination either. It's not to bad if the sign is new, it's when the reflective qualities of the sign fades, that makes it hard to read. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted September 6, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 6, 2021 (edited) 21 hours ago, Wickham Green too said: Just out of interest, what's the mast coverage like in the 'States nowadays ? ...... there are plenty of places in our compact little isle where reception is poor - if it exists at all. I looked at a cell phone coverage map for each of the main providers and it looks as if, apart from centres of population and main highways, it can be patchy. here is a combined map https://www.uscellular.com/coverage-map Edited September 6, 2021 by melmerby 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted September 6, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 6, 2021 When I've crossed Canada and the States, phone signals can be nil for two or three hours at a time, when away from populated areas. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted September 7, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2021 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-58479017 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted September 7, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2021 (edited) 48 minutes ago, Dagworth said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-58479017 One hopes the driving ban only kicks in when he leaves prison, otherwise half of it will be wasted! John Edited September 7, 2021 by Dunsignalling 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Budgie Posted September 7, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2021 2 hours ago, Dunsignalling said: One hopes the driving ban only kicks in when he leaves prison, otherwise half of it will be wasted! John What's the use of that driving ban; one of the things he was charged with was driving while disqualified. 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted September 7, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2021 27 minutes ago, Budgie said: What's the use of that driving ban; one of the things he was charged with was driving while disqualified. Absolutely. There's no way of stopping someone simply ignoring a ban if they just don't care! Until cars get some form of biometric locking to stop unlicensed drivers using them.... 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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