RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted October 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 23, 2020 (edited) Having gone back to the original article. The Railway offences would definitely have carried the most serious sentence, which I think carries life. Jamie Edited October 23, 2020 by jamie92208 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted October 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 23, 2020 Thats if he collided with a train and survived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 9 hours ago, jamie92208 said: Having gone back to the original article. The Railway offences would definitely have carried the most serious sentence, which I think carries life. Shouldn't there be very large inverted commas round the word "life" when talking about a judicial sentence ........ nobody actually gets locked up for life nowadays, whatever they've done ! ( and they seem to get spat back out into society after a couple of years anyway ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted October 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 23, 2020 15 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said: Shouldn't there be very large inverted commas round the word "life" when talking about a judicial sentence ........ nobody actually gets locked up for life nowadays, whatever they've done ! ( and they seem to get spat back out into society after a couple of years anyway ) A surprising number are now serving what is known as a whole life tarrif and will only leave in a box. Back to railways, quite a while ago two idiots got agrieved with the Ratty for some reason and dumped a bag of track spikes between the rails. They then gotbon a yacht and sailed down the coast. They were arrested at Millom and werecrather surprised to appear at Carlisle Crown Court charged with endangering life on the railway. They drew a few years each. Fortunately the next train up the line was able to stop in time. Jamie 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 27 minutes ago, jamie92208 said: A surprising number are now serving what is known as a whole life tarrif and will only leave in a box. Surprisingly large or surprisingly small? I get the feeling that whatever the number I won't be particularly surprised... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 13 hours ago, Michael Hodgson said: I didn't know it was a level crossing. The satnav just said "now turn right..." Presumably set to "Evade Pursuit" mode . 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 (edited) 10 hours ago, Titan said: Surprisingly large or surprisingly small? I get the feeling that whatever the number I won't be particularly surprised... 75 or so against over 8500 serving life (figures from a Google serach, 2017/8). Looking at the Wiki page I doubt any of the charges above would qualify for a whole life tariff, it's very specific and only for some types of murder. Edited October 24, 2020 by Hobby 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted October 29, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2020 Are we wandering a little off topic? I only ask because the title is Level Crossing Stupidity, and we seem to have got into the realms of automatic gearboxes and opinions on how they behave. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted October 29, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2020 Maybe I can get away with another US level crossing incident in amongst gearboxgate? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastglosmog Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 9 hours ago, newbryford said: Maybe I can get away with another US level crossing incident in amongst gearboxgate? Why not? The thread is about level crossing stupidity, no nationality is specified in the thread title! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 But it is in the section of the forum "UK Prototype Discussions (not questions)", though I agree it would be better in a general section so we could post any country... Though looking back through the thread it's location of the forum hasn't stopped anyone before! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted October 30, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 30, 2020 (edited) To keep as many people happy as possible, what we really need is a level crossing incident caused by an automatic gearbox failure................................ Edited October 30, 2020 by newbryford 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 1 hour ago, newbryford said: To keep as many people happy as possible, what we really need is a level crossing incident caused by an automatic gearbox failure................................ Weeeellll - let's wish for a hypothetical one where no people or property get damaged ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 And no delays to trains! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradoc Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 2 hours ago, newbryford said: To keep as many people happy as possible, what we really need is a level crossing incident caused by an automatic gearbox failure................................ ......perpetrated by a convicted murderer who was released early..... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Is this allowed here ? Train collides with trampoline https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/1300B/production/_115153877_trampoline2.jpg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Just now, duncan said: Is this allowed here ? Train collides with trampoline https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/1300B/production/_115153877_trampoline2.jpg I'm afraid it happens every time we have a gusty day; from what I've seen in Incident Logs, there are one or two such cases every week. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Only allowed if the trampoline is certified as 'stupid' and happens to be on a level crossing when the train collides with it. You could start a 'Train Bounces off Trampoline' thread I s'pose !!?! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted November 2, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 2, 2020 8 hours ago, Wickham Green too said: Only allowed if the trampoline is certified as 'stupid' and happens to be on a level crossing when the train collides with it. You could start a 'Train Bounces off Trampoline' thread I s'pose !!?! Maybe that's where this one is going? Andi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted November 2, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 2, 2020 Look at "Paddington Station 24/7" on Ch5 this evening. I believe something largish gets blown onto the railway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 A bear?! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted November 16, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 16, 2020 Another bit of stupidity at Ashland VA 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted November 16, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 16, 2020 59 minutes ago, melmerby said: Another bit of stupidity at Ashland VA What a dipstick and avery lucky one at that. Jamie 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted November 16, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 16, 2020 Hopefully now an ex Fedex driver 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnofwessex Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Any equivalent of the lineside phones we have in the UK in the USA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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