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Title: Madness
Post by: Penfold on February 09, 2009, 01:33:37 PM

Level Crossing madness

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7878211.stm

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Title: Madness
Post by: Doorman on February 09, 2009, 02:03:30 PM

Jeezus! That last kid! What's the betting he or his mate gave one of those mindless teenage guffaws? :sideways:

Title: Madness
Post by: Gandalf on February 09, 2009, 03:08:33 PM

Which is why we should have trains like this;

(http://www.madmaxmovies.com/archives/Gallery/VidCaps/MadMax3/images/ThunderdomeTrain.JPG)

Title: Madness
Post by: Thulsa Doom on February 09, 2009, 04:28:33 PM

1st clip, where are the barriers? Do some level crossings not have them?

Title: Madness
Post by: Gandalf on February 09, 2009, 04:29:53 PM

Quote from: Thulsa Doom;2626891st clip, where are the barriers? Do some level crossings not have them?

Nope. A few around here are like that, and there are even some with manually operated gates.

Title: Madness
Post by: Benny on February 09, 2009, 10:45:17 PM

Quote from: Doorman;262660Jeezus! That last kid! What's the betting he or his mate gave one of those mindless teenage guffaws? :sideways:

A fine example of natural selection failing.

Title: Madness
Post by: GhostMjr on February 09, 2009, 11:32:52 PM

Quote from: Gandalf;262690Nope. A few around here are like that, and there are even some with manually operated gates.

Those are being phased out though surely? I know that old "manned" junction boxes also had the duty to put down and raise the barriers for trains too.

Title: Madness
Post by: TE_owner on February 10, 2009, 08:41:38 AM

we sould have trains with huge spikes on the frount that would stop them

Dead Men Walking

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