Narrow escape.
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potsy
Rambler
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- My Armchair
holy shoot
Mr Pig
New Member
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- North Lanarkshire
Looked real, and scary!
Dayvo
just passin' through
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- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
ianrauk said:
My sentiments, too: although my first word would have started with an 'F'!
Surely he would have felt/heard the vibrations in the track to alert him off the oncoming train!
ComedyPilot
Secret Lemonade Drinker
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- The Kingdom of Yorkshire
Dayvo said:My sentiments, too: although my first word would have started with an 'F'!
Surely he would have felt/heard the vibrations in the track to alert him off the oncoming train!
+1
Aren't they 'trained' to do this sort of work?
Mr Pig
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- North Lanarkshire
Dayvo said:
Depends on the type and speed of the train and the condition of the track. If the rails have gaps then you can hear them ping when the train is miles away but it only gets to a noticeable volume when the train is less than about a mile I'd say.
However, fast trains on good, welded line would be on you before you knew it. From ahead of the train there really isn't much noise.
WeeE
New Member
- Location
- Glasgow in Scotland
Saved by pure reflex, looks like.
I'd imagine a lot of the tracks would be humming/vibrating - how do you distinguish something trundling about miles away from something bearing down on you at 90?
I'd imagine a lot of the tracks would be humming/vibrating - how do you distinguish something trundling about miles away from something bearing down on you at 90?
Mr Pig
New Member
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- North Lanarkshire
WeeE said:
A lot of people would freeze.
Dayvo
just passin' through
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- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
Mr Pig said:
I would have shat myself, and then died of hysterical, ironic laughter milliseconds before I was splattered everywhere!
addictfreak
Guru
- Location
- Boldon, Tyne and Wear
Typical you wait all day for a train, then two come at once
Rhythm Thief
Legendary Member
- Location
- Ross on Wye
Yikes. He was lucky not to get caught in the "six foot" between the two trains.
Mr Pig
New Member
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- North Lanarkshire
addictfreak said:Typical you wait all day for a train, then two come at once
Yeah, quite good ;0)
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
The third one missed him by miles, though!
Still looks a fake to me. Throwing himself out of the way from the second train and just missing the back of the first . . . !
If it's genuine, he must be the luckiest man alive!
Still looks a fake to me. Throwing himself out of the way from the second train and just missing the back of the first . . . !
If it's genuine, he must be the luckiest man alive!
