talisman56 Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) A couple of gate weavers from the Revelstoke cam, taken on two consecutive days - the trains will only be 20-30mph due to local restrictions, but they can sill make a mess. The illumination from the left on the bottom pair of images is the headlight of the oncoming train... Edited January 15, 2021 by talisman56 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 15, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15, 2021 17 hours ago, newbryford said: It probably seemed a good idea at the time.............. (not) this has proper blown up on Twitter with someone posting links to his Instagram page showing a good 1/2 dozen other sports cars posed in the same position on the same crossing, so not a one off occurrence it would seem Funny if the next train round the corner was this.... 4 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 16 hours ago, melmerby said: You can tell the sort they are from the number plate which has had the characters doctored to provide the desired "personalised" effect. 15 hours ago, Erixtar1992 said: You can tell from a numberplate? Blimey! God forbid there is a space in the wrong place, they must be a wrongun! Pshhh. 49 minutes ago, big jim said: this has proper blown up on Twitter with someone posting links to his Instagram page showing a good 1/2 dozen other sports cars posed in the same position on the same crossing, so not a one off occurrence it would seem @Erixtar1992 (bold added) Case Closed, I believe. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 15, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15, 2021 According to BTP on Twitter they are investigating the matter also the girl who’s car is in the initial post has deleted her Twitter and Instagram accounts today My tweet of the day about it goes to this one.... 3 1 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 15, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15, 2021 16 hours ago, Erixtar1992 said: Haha! it was a taxi driver taking me to my next job, as soon as he asked that i felt like walking may have been the better option! When taxi drivers ask what the hardest part of the job is I say “balancing the train in the rails” some get it, others don’t! 2 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erixtar1992 Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 57 minutes ago, big jim said: When taxi drivers ask what the hardest part of the job is I say “balancing the train in the rails” some get it, others don’t! Pahahaha 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 22 hours ago, Titan said: Just wondering, has anyone actually been injured or killed as a result of trying to use a level crossing as a photo opportunity? I've a recollection of reading about a wedding shoot taking place on a railway line which ended in tragedy for at least one of the couple :-( 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 10 hours ago, Reorte said: Throwing an idea out (that I've thrown out before), but could it be worth paying heritage railways to do a bit of an educational program? Have school kids (although it seems like adults need it too) on and ask them when to apply the brakes to stop at that bridge ahead, and see the train go a significant distance past even at 25 mph from when they're likely to have said. Although maybe you don't even need that, since everyone seems to know that big heavy oil tankers take miles to stop. At one time as a 'safety education' activity for Boys' Brigade I set up an activity on one of the train simulators on my laptop with a pedestrian stood in the 4', with the Boys having to take an HST up to 125mph, then slam on the brakes when they saw the pedestrian. Unfortunately I don't think I ever got round to using it with them to see what their reaction was. I think I've mentioned in the past having a cab ride on the C&WR when someone drove across the line straight in front of us. As we knew who it was, I considered suggesting that we offer him a driving experience to find out how far the train needs to stop. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted January 16, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2021 9 hours ago, big jim said: Funny if the next train round the corner was this.... Huh, the last time I saw one of them was in Hazel Grove a few years ago (albeit with a 37 instead). Passed it on the way in, we sat at the platform for a while, it eventually pulled out alongside, but went nowhere. Neither did we. Ended up with an 8 mile walk home in the snow. Oh well, these things happen from time to time, and since the pubs were open (remember those days?) I rather enjoyed it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo C. Cupier Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 (edited) Not sure if this has been posted before, found on another forum under the Darwin Awards thread! :-) Delivery driver antics Edited January 16, 2021 by Theo C. Cupier 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 16, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2021 17 minutes ago, Theo C. Cupier said: Not sure if this has been posted before, found on another forum under the Darwin Awards thread! :-) Delivery driver antics Backing out the way he did was also stupid, and probably illegal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted January 16, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2021 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Theo C. Cupier said: Not sure if this has been posted before, found on another forum under the Darwin Awards thread! :-) Delivery driver antics Yep. Edited January 16, 2021 by newbryford 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Mind you, if he had not dawdled so much on the way to his delivery he would almost certainly got back in time to cross in front of the train with somewhat less risk to himself than that little stunt. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 I don't think that is where you wait for the train to pass - Revelstoke yesterday... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted January 20, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 20, 2021 Agreed. And is the woman phoning home to say that she will be a couple of hours late for lunch? J 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted January 20, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 20, 2021 (edited) On 15/01/2021 at 09:16, corneliuslundie said: Re the last video a couple of comments. 2. Unusual to see ten locomotives o0n a train. If that many were needed I would have expected them to be spread through the train. Perhaps just positioning moves for some of them. Jonathan Not unusual at the moment. A lot of locos are being/have been moved to storage sites due to the downfall in traffic. Some could be loss of balancing workings meaning return of locos in trains of other cargo. There have been several "trains" of up to 28 locos on the move with only some of the end ones under power. most have the exhaust capped. I thin I may have posted this before somewhere: Edited January 20, 2021 by melmerby 2 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted January 20, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 20, 2021 11 hours ago, talisman56 said: I don't think that is where you wait for the train to pass - Revelstoke yesterday... And if you don't want to wait because it's game time.... 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busmansholiday Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 On 15/01/2021 at 10:17, Reorte said: Throwing an idea out (that I've thrown out before), but could it be worth paying heritage railways to do a bit of an educational program? Have school kids (although it seems like adults need it too) on and ask them when to apply the brakes to stop at that bridge ahead, and see the train go a significant distance past even at 25 mph from when they're likely to have said. Although maybe you don't even need that, since everyone seems to know that big heavy oil tankers take miles to stop. Following a series of road / incidents on their Scunthorpe steel works, British Steel bought a scrap Metro and placed it on one of the crossings. They filmed what happened when a works loco ( a Hunslet Bo-Bo) approached it and slammed on the brakes just before the crossing (to simulate somebody trying to beat the train). The Metro was badly damaged and pushed down the track a fair distance, even though the loco was doing 10mph. They used the film as part of the safety inductions. Did it make any difference ??? No, some people just don't get the dangers. 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 13 hours ago, newbryford said: And if you don't want to wait because it's game time.... The eastbound trains at Revelstoke stop for crew change and block the crossing in the cam for about 5 minutes - if you're a local you know this, but you still see them climbing over the wagons... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Safer doing that than going under... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted January 21, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 21, 2021 14 hours ago, newbryford said: And if you don't want to wait because it's game time.... I just don’t have words to know how to comment upon this video............. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted January 21, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 21, 2021 3 hours ago, Busmansholiday said: Following a series of road / incidents on their Scunthorpe steel works, British Steel bought a scrap Metro and placed it on one of the crossings. They filmed what happened when a works loco ( a Hunslet Bo-Bo) approached it and slammed on the brakes just before the crossing (to simulate somebody trying to beat the train). The Metro was badly damaged and pushed down the track a fair distance, even though the loco was doing 10mph. They used the film as part of the safety inductions. Did it make any difference ??? No, some people just don't get the dangers. I think there's quite a bit of difference in seeing something first-hand, or better still experiencing it first hand where possible (e.g. put the brake on yourself and fail to stop) and seeing a video, especially in this day and age where there are messages on screen constantly. Danger is something that needs to be experienced first-hand I think (or at least something that gives the impression of it without actually being it, don't want to really put people in danger to get the message across). A long time ago, when I was still a fairly small child, we were at a preserved railway and there was a loco being moved around not that far from me. And seeing that from ground level really gave an impression of big and unstoppable and scary (in my memory we were just standing clear, but surely even back in the 80s that would've been a bit much to allow the public to stand there, so it may be mistaken). It left that impression, of trains being big scary things that could crush me without noticing, and even standing in front of one in a place like the hall in the NRM leaves me slightly uneasy to this day. Which I think is a good thing. Of course there are always a few who'll never get the message whatever you do. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium JDW Posted January 21, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 21, 2021 2 hours ago, talisman56 said: The eastbound trains at Revelstoke stop for crew change and block the crossing in the cam for about 5 minutes - if you're a local you know this, but you still see them climbing over the wagons... ...to which I can't help but wonder: Why?! Why is that allowed, the risks are obvious, as well as the disruption, there must be a safer and less disruptive alternative, especially when the result is pretty predictable on a busy day like that. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted January 21, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 21, 2021 3 hours ago, talisman56 said: The eastbound trains at Revelstoke stop for crew change and block the crossing in the cam for about 5 minutes - if you're a local you know this, but you still see them climbing over the wagons... Not many people actually need to cross there as it's only the access to the Revelstoke Railway Museum and just a handful of properties. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, melmerby said: Not many people actually need to cross there as it's only the access to the Revelstoke Railway Museum and just a handful of properties. Go about 3/4 mile off to the South-East and there's a bridge if you're in a hurry... Edited January 21, 2021 by talisman56 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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