Grovenor Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 I'm surprised they haven't electrified the swing bridge. Is the video not of the last train over that line? Rgds 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Coryton Posted November 4, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 4, 2018 I'm surprised they haven't electrified the swing bridge. I've certainly seen electrified lifting bridges in the Netherlands (which I presume is where that video is). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Is the video not of the last train over that line? Rgds Obviously not an every day occurrence or there wouldn't have been that much gricer interest ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
locoholic Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 It's getting near to that time of year... This is from the Prignitzer Kleinbahnmuseum Facebook page. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 It's getting near to that time of year... image.jpg This is from the Prignitzer Kleinbahnmuseum Facebook page. Yes ....... Pantomime Time ........ ... IT'S BEHIND YOU ! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 It's getting near to that time of year... image.jpg This is from the Prignitzer Kleinbahnmuseum Facebook page. Now, if the figure HAD BEEN IN BLACK, WITH A SCYTHE..... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
locoholic Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 "NEWS | Rail services are suspended between Ludlow and Hereford after an incident on the level crossing at Onibury." On Herefordshire Facebook this evening... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted November 5, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 5, 2018 image.jpg "NEWS | Rail services are suspended between Ludlow and Hereford after an incident on the level crossing at Onibury." On Herefordshire Facebook this evening... ??? Onibury level crossing is not between Ludlow and Hereford. It is north of Ludlow, between Ludlow and Craven Arms. Onibury level crossing. D-Day was February 15th 1971. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
royaloak Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Apologies for the OT. I thought all (British) locos are two pipe fitted regardless of freight or passenger Cheers, Mick They are, its the wagons which only have the brake pipe. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 ??? Onibury level crossing is not between Ludlow and Hereford. It is north of Ludlow, between Ludlow and Craven Arms. Onibury level crossing. D-Day was February 15th 1971. Damned silly place to choose for a bonfire night party wherever it is ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 ??? Onibury level crossing is not between Ludlow and Hereford. It is north of Ludlow, between Ludlow and Craven Arms. Onibury level crossing. D-Day was February 15th 1971. And you could still buy the paper with one coin, as the 6d (2.5p) coin was still legal tender up to June 1980... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted November 6, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 6, 2018 (edited) No information on how the process of overturning a car in the middle of a level crossing was accomplished, without the assistance of a train or any other vehicle: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-46110172 Edited November 6, 2018 by martin_wynne Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 No information on how the process of overturning a car in the middle of a level crossing was accomplished, without the assistance of a train or any other vehicle: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-46110172 It should have been caught on CCTV ........... but might, possibly, have overturned off camera and slid into position. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
locoholic Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 No information on how the process of overturning a car in the middle of a level crossing was accomplished, without the assistance of a train or any other vehicle: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-46110172 You see some very special driving on the A49 and other roads around here. Turning a car over on a level crossing is just one of many stunts that keep us horrified and entertained. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 (edited) If it's been coming from Craven Arms direction I can give an educated guess. The A49 from Craven is a quick bit of road and the crossing is approached by a sharp right hand bend then over the crossing and left turn. I expect he's approached it too quick and hit a kerb and turned it over. Theve reduced the speed limit round there but many ignore it. Edited November 6, 2018 by Hobby 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 If it's been coming from Craven Arms direction I can give an educated guess. The A49 from Craven is a quick bit of road and the crossing is approached by a sharp right hand bend then over the crossing and left turn. I expect he's approached it too quick and hit a kerb and turned it over. Theve reduced the speed limit round there but many ignore it. He - being an elderly woman in her eighties - is unlikely to have been travelling that fast out of choice !!?! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted November 6, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 6, 2018 Onibury, looking north towards Craven Arms on 9th March 2017: Martin. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted November 6, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 6, 2018 We were shown an interesting example of level crossing misuse this morning on a team brief. Imagine the scene - an occupation crossing complete with locked gates and red / green warning lights. An authorised user drives up sees the lights are green so unlocks and opens the nearest one gate, they cross the railway unlock and open the second gate, They return to their car and drive it across*....... and disappear into the distance leaving both gates wide open. Some time later the miniature warning lights change to red as there is a train approaching. However we then see another vehicle approach the crossing. Despite the red light, the occupants of the car do not hesitate and start to drive over the crossing...... .....Fortunately at the last minute they see the approaching train and stop - but because the front of the car is still slightly foul of the line the car gets a glancing blow. The distressed occupants of the car get out exclaiming loudly "what happened", "I don't know". They go and look at the miniature warning light - which is now showing green again as the train has passed. Had the key holder bothered to shut and lock the gates behind him then the collision wouldn't have occured Had the driver of the second car stopped to check the miniature warning lights as they approached then they wouldn't have driven onto the crossing And.... Had NR not fitted 3 cameras around the crossing then we would have no way of knowing what went on and would have been unable to prove the miniature warning lights were working correctly. * It doesn't look like the authorised user paid much attention to the miniature warning lights before driving across - there have been incidents where the lights may be green when users start operating gates, etc but go red before the user has a chance to drive across and the users doesn't do a final check before driving onto the crossing..... If I can get hold of the video I will put it on here. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 He - being an elderly woman in her eighties - is unlikely to have been travelling that fast out of choice !!?! I didn't read the report and was just going on the photo! That photo of the overturned car seems to have been taken from just where that lorry is in post 3046. It's quite a deceiving bend and together with the wet conditions... Just because they are elderly doesn't mean they can't be travelling too fast for the road conditions or their abilities... Anyhow i suppose we'd better wait and see... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted November 6, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 6, 2018 A barrier pedestal had to be replaced, so the car must have been going some and in the wrong direction. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 I wonder if it is an automatic? Often the case with elderly drivers that they can accidentally press the accelerator whilst convinced they are pressing the brake. They push it a bit, but the car speeds up so they panic and press it hard. The gearbox then kicks down and the engine gives it all its got... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted November 6, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 6, 2018 I can see three barriers still intact on this site, so I assume that it took out the one near the camera. https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/south-shropshire/craven-arms/2018/11/06/man-rescued-from-vehicle-after-overturned-car-blocks-shropshire-level-crossing/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 I can see all four. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 4069 Posted November 6, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 6, 2018 We were shown an interesting example of level crossing misuse this morning on a team brief. Imagine the scene - an occupation crossing complete with locked gates and red / green warning lights. An authorised user drives up sees the lights are green so unlocks and opens the nearest one gate, they cross the railway unlock and open the second gate, They return to their car and drive it across*....... and disappear into the distance leaving both gates wide open. Some time later the miniature warning lights change to red as there is a train approaching. However we then see another vehicle approach the crossing. Despite the red light, the occupants of the car do not hesitate and start to drive over the crossing...... .....Fortunately at the last minute they see the approaching train and stop - but because the front of the car is still slightly foul of the line the car gets a glancing blow. The distressed occupants of the car get out exclaiming loudly "what happened", "I don't know". They go and look at the miniature warning light - which is now showing green again as the train has passed. Had the key holder bothered to shut and lock the gates behind him then the collision wouldn't have occured Had the driver of the second car stopped to check the miniature warning lights as they approached then they wouldn't have driven onto the crossing And.... Had NR not fitted 3 cameras around the crossing then we would have no way of knowing what went on and would have been unable to prove the miniature warning lights were working correctly. * It doesn't look like the authorised user paid much attention to the miniature warning lights before driving across - there have been incidents where the lights may be green when users start operating gates, etc but go red before the user has a chance to drive across and the users doesn't do a final check before driving onto the crossing..... If I can get hold of the video I will put it on here. If that's the one at the marina, the SUV with the empty boat trailer, it's the same vehicle both times. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted November 7, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 7, 2018 We were shown an interesting example of level crossing misuse this morning on a team brief. Imagine the scene - an occupation crossing complete with locked gates and red / green warning lights. An authorised user drives up sees the lights are green so unlocks and opens the nearest one gate, they cross the railway unlock and open the second gate, They return to their car and drive it across*....... and disappear into the distance leaving both gates wide open. Some time later the miniature warning lights change to red as there is a train approaching. However we then see another vehicle approach the crossing. Despite the red light, the occupants of the car do not hesitate and start to drive over the crossing...... .....Fortunately at the last minute they see the approaching train and stop - but because the front of the car is still slightly foul of the line the car gets a glancing blow. The distressed occupants of the car get out exclaiming loudly "what happened", "I don't know". They go and look at the miniature warning light - which is now showing green again as the train has passed. Had the key holder bothered to shut and lock the gates behind him then the collision wouldn't have occured Had the driver of the second car stopped to check the miniature warning lights as they approached then they wouldn't have driven onto the crossing And.... Had NR not fitted 3 cameras around the crossing then we would have no way of knowing what went on and would have been unable to prove the miniature warning lights were working correctly. * It doesn't look like the authorised user paid much attention to the miniature warning lights before driving across - there have been incidents where the lights may be green when users start operating gates, etc but go red before the user has a chance to drive across and the users doesn't do a final check before driving onto the crossing..... If I can get hold of the video I will put it on here. The authorised user needs to become unauthorised. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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