Broithe Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 There's surprisingly little news attention to this story - http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-11-08/police-investigate-reckless-attempt-to-derail-a-train/ - seems to have been rather a near thing..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burnthebox Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Takes all kinds, luckily no was injured, or worse ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiveController Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 There's surprisingly little news attention to this story - http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-11-08/police-investigate-reckless-attempt-to-derail-a-train/ - seems to have been rather a near thing..... Neanderthals!……….. pity they weren't still driving it on there, a swift buffer up the a*** is what is required there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 True, Dive..... scumbags like that deserve to be run over. Their future absence cleanses the world...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Will have to await the outcome of police investigation to establish if this was just darwinian criminal thugs, or a well planned terrorist attack. If the latter the implications are extremely worrying for rail transport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiveController Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 (edited) Will have to await the outcome of police investigation to establish if this was just darwinian criminal thugs, or a well planned terrorist attack. If the latter the implications are extremely worrying for rail transport. Too small scale, methinks. If you wanted to do that on a railway, the tonnage/speed of the train would be weaponized in a critical area to create more havoc and loss of adjacent trains, buildings, infrastructure. We've already seen attacks of the Spanish and Japanese rail networks. Individuals have routinely thrown bricks and other objects at trains from elevated positions such as the Glanmire tunnel approaching Kent station and even tied a poor donkey to the rails at one point. Incapacitating the driver of a train approaching a station could have profound consequences although I presume the locomotive still has some form of 'dead man's handle' (pardon the expression) Edited November 9, 2014 by DiveController Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishrailwayman Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 The UK authorities take great care to move trespassers off the rails including stopping trains where necessary to avoid fatalities. The French authorities seemingly issue warnings not to trespass and then do not chase trespassers or stop trains... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiveController Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 The UK authorities take great care to move trespassers off the rails including stopping trains where necessary to avoid fatalities. The French authorities seemingly issue warnings not to trespass and then do not chase trespassers or stop trains... That's a shame. The 'French method' seems better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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