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« on: November 02, 2020, 10:37:24 »
I have seen pictures (from black and white days) of steam engines that have gone off the end of the track and thought the end of the station - sometimes at height - to the road outside.   And now from Dutch News

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A metro train serving the town of Spijkenisse, near Rotterdam, has crashed through the barrier at the end of the track and only the sculpture of a whale has stopped it plummeting into the water below. The train is now suspended 10 metres above a footpath, thanks to the whale?s tail, and is likely to remain there for some time. ?We are trying to decide how we can bring the train down in a careful and controlled manner,? a local safety board spokesman told broadcaster NOS.

What dual purpose sculptures would members suggest for termini in the UK▸ (United Kingdom) - both to act as catchnets or crumple zones behind the buffers, and to reflect the local area?
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« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2020, 11:36:19 »
A large Rubber Malteeser for Platform 1 at Slough.
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« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2020, 11:42:58 »
Platforms 4, 5 and 6 at Reading - large biscuits to form a crumble zone
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« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2020, 11:49:30 »
Swindon, Platform 2: The crumpled remains of a BMW Mini.
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« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2020, 11:53:14 »
This is the original example:


Hard to compete with, frankly. It reminds me of an Infinite Improbability Drive!
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« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2020, 11:53:54 »
A giant cushion or mattress springs immediately to mind, perhaps sponsored by one of the companies that spends vast amounts advertising their wares on TV▸ (Thames Valley).
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« Reply #6 on: November 02, 2020, 13:13:33 »
The sliding Stop blocks seem to have failed to do their job
Here is an ariel view from https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/nederland/artikel/5194262/machinist-metro-spijkenisse-aangehouden-na-bizar-ongeluk
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« Reply #7 on: November 02, 2020, 13:15:33 »
What a massive fluke!
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« Reply #8 on: November 02, 2020, 16:25:56 »
Edinburgh Waverley.
A large rubber set of bagpipes that make an awful noise when you hit them.
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« Reply #9 on: November 02, 2020, 17:16:31 »
Quote from: stuving on November 02, 2020, 11:53:14
Hard to compete with, frankly. It reminds me of an Infinite Improbability Drive!

Shows just what an extra hot cup of tea can deliver.

But then the unanswered question is, where is the bowl of petunias?
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« Reply #10 on: November 02, 2020, 17:23:20 »
Bristol Temple Meads...a couple of IKB▸ (Isambard Kingdom Brunel) top hats over the buffers on Platform 1. Mind you seeing how slow the Severn Beach 166s come in, I reckon I could stop it with my little finger !
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« Reply #11 on: November 02, 2020, 20:08:12 »
Good job the driver wasn't routed via the middle road
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« Reply #12 on: November 02, 2020, 21:23:45 »
Quote from: eightf48544 on November 02, 2020, 11:36:19
A large Rubber Malteeser for Platform 1 at Slough.

If that doesn't work it could always be rescued by Thunderbird 2 perhaps.

(The TV▸ (Thames Valley) show was made not far from the Mars factory.)
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« Reply #13 on: November 02, 2020, 21:26:52 »
I don't which stations might be associated with cricket grounds, but a giant pair of wicket keeper's gloves.

Or goalkeeper's gloves, if Ashton Gate ever reopens (though it wouldn't have a terminal platform).
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« Reply #14 on: November 02, 2020, 21:32:38 »
Quote from: Bmblbzzz on November 02, 2020, 21:26:52
I don't which stations might be associated with cricket grounds, but a giant pair of wicket keeper's gloves.

Or goalkeeper's gloves, if Ashton Gate ever reopens (though it wouldn't have a terminal platform).

Oval on the Northern line or Arsenal on the Piccadilly line though neither are terminating stations  Grin
And anyway Arsenal have since moved on.
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