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thehustler posted:Manchester Piccadilly got lit the gently caress up this morning. Heh, that happened to me once, I think it was reading station. The bolt hit the power line opposite us, arced to our pantograph, which happened to be right above my head. Biggest bang I've ever heard!
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Bozza posted:Rules is rules. Ha. How much leeway have drivers got to do what they want with the locomotive without getting bollocked? Your post reminded me, I've seen shitloads of freight trains mainly on the midland mainline over the years, mostly gravel from the quarries, or coal going to the power station near Derby. They always slow down like hell before going through a station, maybe 5mph? Then you hear them power up after clearing the platform. Different route, but waiting for the last train of the day at Coventry station, a (I think) Class 37, not coupled to anything, blew through the station doing the best part of 100mph. The wind almost knocked me over, and it scared the living crap out of me. Exactly how hosed would that driver be if caught?
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josh04 posted:"activating an automatic derailment"? They are a thing. Only slightly more strange than the cross country trains service I was on once where the drive shaft fell out the bottom. "Why have we stopped at this station?", "Drive shaft fell off sir", "where is it.. Hang on wait what?" A sad conductor pointed down the track to the horizon. We all knew we'd be getting a coach home that night.
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