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« Reply #240 on: May 18, 2019, 10:34:59 » |
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If you can't reach a bridge to collide with it from underneath, and you're really determined, there are other ways ... though obviously this one is much harder with a railway bridge.  News item from the Reading Chronicle |
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« Reply #241 on: May 18, 2019, 15:26:17 » |
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That incident could have been so awful, but thankfully wasn't. The lorry crossed the central reservation before suffering a rapid decrease in potential energy. Somewhat surprisingly, the driver wasn't badly hurt, and there were no other injuries, although a lot of people were inconvenienced, and the 26-piece china tea set I was expecting is probably now a 96-piece tea set.
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« Reply #242 on: July 30, 2019, 22:04:47 » |
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« Reply #243 on: July 31, 2019, 08:53:24 » |
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« Reply #244 on: July 31, 2019, 09:37:19 » |
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Ouch! That one looks like it could have been really nasty if there'd been anyone on the top deck. Still, I think it's Railway 1, Bus 0 for that match.
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« Reply #245 on: July 31, 2019, 10:22:03 » |
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I was wondering whether it was in service or not, which no-one has reported on - and the absence of any route indicator on the front (indeed the absence of a lot of front) means the picture doesn't help.
It does look like an X17; a new "express" route that started in May, running to Fauldhouse station which is a right turn just before coming under that bridge. A departure for Edinburgh was due at 11:16, near enough when the ... unfortunate incident ... happened. So it could have been that service, which turned right instead of left, or the incoming one, which forgot to turn off. However, it might also have been an out of service replacement bus, for example, and not necessarily being driven by its driver for the public service. Whoever it was, "the 51-year-old has been charged in connection with this and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal".
As to that "express" - starting from Fauldhouse, that X17 at 11:16 doesn't arrive in Edinburgh (Haymarket) until 12:55; the train at 11:00 gets there at 11:43. The train also stops at Breich, which the bus studiously avoids, preferring to serve Stoneyburn, Loganlea etc. In fact it doesn't stop at another station on its way in, the nearest being West Calder (about 400 m walk then a 20 minute wait, though still saving 40 minutes). It goes close to others, but being express it presumably wouldn't stop even if asked politely.
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« Reply #246 on: July 31, 2019, 10:28:04 » |
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I was wondering whether it was in service or not, which no-one has reported on - and the absence of any route indicator on the front (indeed the absence of a lot of front) means the picture doesn't help.
"Driver was alone on vehicle" I saw somewhere. So either not in service ... or a route / service that might have real problems! |
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« Reply #247 on: August 08, 2019, 13:02:24 » |
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« Reply #248 on: August 08, 2019, 16:59:49 » |
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That reminds me, at the weekend on a minor road somewhere in the West Midlands, I saw a rail bridge which appeared to be the common Victorian red brick arch with the yellow and black hi-viz warnings on the arch – except that it turned out to be a flat bridge with a retrofitted 'false' arch. It was pretty low anyway so justified the markings but I wondered why they had been fitted as an arch rather than a flat bar. I suppose it could be to force high vehicles, which in this case would have been anything taller than a horse box, into the middle of the road so cars wouldn't try to squeeze alongside them – there wouldn't quite have been width for that and it might, I guess, have resulted in damage to the retaining walls?
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« Reply #250 on: August 13, 2019, 11:34:46 » |
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From Journeycheck
Cancellations to services between Westbury and Taunton
Due to a lorry colliding with a bridge at Castle Cary the line towards Yeovil Pen Mill is disrupted. Disruption is expected until 12:00 13/08.
Train services between Westbury and Taunton are returning to normal but some services may still be cancelled, delayed or revised.
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« Reply #251 on: August 13, 2019, 11:55:58 » |
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Quite a bit of damage done to the bridge.
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« Reply #252 on: August 13, 2019, 14:36:26 » |
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Demolishing the parapet of an overbridge makes a change from getting stuck underneath, I suppose. Did the driver just lose control or was there another vehicle involved, I wonder?
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« Reply #253 on: August 13, 2019, 14:43:57 » |
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An unusual variation on the usual theme. The driver isn't "life-changingly" hurt, thank goodness, but may need clean underwear. The railway seemed back to normal by midday.
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« Reply #254 on: August 13, 2019, 15:32:59 » |
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The line towards Taunton re-opened fairly quickly but the debris fell on the single line towards Yeovil Pen Mill. That remains closed.
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