RMweb Premium ColinK Posted December 30, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 30, 2023 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-india-67843833 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted December 30, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 30, 2023 That must be a first! J 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Surely it would have been cheaper to break the thing up in Assam ( Guwahati ? ) than to drag it more than 1600 miles by road !!?! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 (edited) Bridge bashing with a difference.# No idea where they were expecting to get off, they've driven almost half mile from Henwick LC. Edited March 4 by JZ 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Hmmmmm ......... should this be in the Level Crossing Stupidity thread ? ( as well ? ) 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 50 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said: Hmmmmm ......... should this be in the Level Crossing Stupidity thread ? ( as well ? ) I did give that a thought. Will add it now. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted March 4 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 4 6 hours ago, JZ said: Bridge bashing with a difference.# No idea where they were expecting to get off, they've driven almost half mile from Henwick LC. Pratnav strikes again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnofwessex Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Where is the Inspector of Lunatics? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 (edited) "999, which service do you require?" "Erm, this is a bit embarrassing...." Okay, not a low bridge, but still a height restriction. Just now in the Tesco car park, Cradley Heath, West Mids. 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Edit - and yes, the first thing I thought to do was post it on here.... 👍🥳 Edited March 9 by F-UnitMad 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Lucky it wasn't ambulance number 4472 or there'd really have been some comments on here ! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Surely they just need to reverse for 1 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted March 9 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 9 And "Bus hits bridge on first day of rail replacement services on closed Shrewsbury-Wolverhampton line" https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/telford/albrighton-and-cosford/2024/03/09/rail-replacement-bus-hits-bridge-on-first-day-of-replacement-services-on-closed-shrewsbury-wolverhampton-line/ Jonathan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 5 minutes ago, corneliuslundie said: And "Bus hits bridge on first day of rail replacement services on closed Shrewsbury-Wolverhampton line" https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/telford/albrighton-and-cosford/2024/03/09/rail-replacement-bus-hits-bridge-on-first-day-of-replacement-services-on-closed-shrewsbury-wolverhampton-line/ Jonathan The bus has ripped it's aircon unit off by the looks of it. 🙄 28 minutes ago, JZ said: Surely they just need to reverse for I have a feeling it wasn't quite that simple*. The front of the roof has a slight hump on it, the restriction bar is wedged behind in the dip of the roof. Note the lower 'tell -tale' bar that hangs below the main bar is pushed up too. * Like the oft-quoted armchair advice to let the tyres down to lower a stuck lorry. Two big problems with this - 1) have you ever tried moving an HGV with all it's tyres flat? & 2) have you got a compressor handy to blow them back up afterwards, usually 120psi. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 3 hours ago, corneliuslundie said: And "Bus hits bridge on first day of rail replacement services on closed Shrewsbury-Wolverhampton line" https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/telford/albrighton-and-cosford/2024/03/09/rail-replacement-bus-hits-bridge-on-first-day-of-replacement-services-on-closed-shrewsbury-wolverhampton-line/ Jonathan So should they introduce a bus replacement train service? 1 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 On 04/03/2024 at 17:47, PhilJ W said: Pratnav strikes again. No, just stolen! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Fauldhouse has another bash https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-68534379 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted March 12 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 12 And not just a slight scrape. However did the driver not see the bridge? Jonathan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 It's on an S bend by the look of it, so must have missed the low bridge sign. As both buses seem to be from the same company, Lothian, you'd have thought that their drivers would have been reminded about the bridge after the first bash, at least that one was empty, unlike the first incident. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 The drivers may have been under that bridge innumerable times with single-deckers ! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMJ Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 @F-UnitMad one place I worked at had casual visits from the police (for a chat and brew) and they mentioned about one car park that used to get police vans visiting. However the van was ok just the roof light clusters would hit the roof of the car park. Once whilst following a truck in Leeds it decided to get stuck under a rail bridge, taller trailer than the tractor unit. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium uax6 Posted March 12 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 12 8 hours ago, corneliuslundie said: And not just a slight scrape. However did the driver not see the bridge? Jonathan Next to our level crossing here in Littleport there is an underpass that used to be a road. Its advertised height is 8'3". One day I was happily minding my own business with the gates across the road for a train to come. I then watch a full artic approach and then turn to go under the underpass. Thinking that this is going to be interesting, I get ready to throw back, but to my surprise the driver of the artic slows down to a crawl, but continues to go down the slope towards the bridge. And he keeps going, and going, until he stops about 3 feet from the bridge (the train has now gone), and then starts to reverse. I can only think he stopped as he was still looking over the top of the bridge when he did stop...... It was wonderful watching him make a right old mess of reversing up the slope for the next half hour..... Andy G 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyPenguin Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Not just trucks & buse's ; 3 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted March 15 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 15 (edited) Yep, Burry Port & Gwendraeth Valley. They cut down some O8s after that. What happens when you convert a canal to a railway. Jonathan Edited March 15 by corneliuslundie Correcting error 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 2 minutes ago, corneliuslundie said: Yep, Llanelly & Mynydd Mawr. They cut down some O8s after that. What happens when you convert a canal to a railway. Jonathan I think they already had cut down some 08's by then to replace the 03's? I understand a loco had failed and 08898 was sent down the branch in error to rescue it with none of the staff involved realising that a non cut down loco had been allocated.. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 On 12/03/2024 at 09:53, Hobby said: It's on an S bend by the look of it, so must have missed the low bridge sign. As both buses seem to be from the same company, Lothian, you'd have thought that their drivers would have been reminded about the bridge after the first bash, at least that one was empty, unlike the first incident. I think the latest incident is an ex Lothian bus operated by another operator rather than still owned by Lothian? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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