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« on: September 18, 2013, 08:01:29 » |
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Delays to the morning commute from Somerset into Bristol this morning due to cows on the track at Nailsea. A picture taken from @FGW▸ ;
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Timmer
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« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2013, 16:45:00 » |
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« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2013, 17:09:54 » |
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I was on one of the delayed trains as Timmer was posting. I think I was on the 07:21 from Yatton to Bristol Parkway (I went for the 07:49 to Cardiff, but left three minutes earlier on this train). We lost so much more time that the train was terminated at Temple Meads (BRI» ).
Two things I noted: a) we were kept informed; b) no-one audibly complained about the inconvenience to their travel plans.
Well done to the conductor. Probably the fact that 90% of the pax planned to alight at BRI anyway showed that a wise decision was made to get things back together as quickly as possible.
Presumably someone will now be checking the lineside security to ensure no more cows take a fence at the railway.
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LiskeardRich
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« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2013, 17:37:15 » |
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Shame the video didn't continue long enough for us to see if the incoming HST▸ leathered it..... |
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John R
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« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2013, 18:51:55 » |
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I think it's fair to say that the pax waiting at Nailsea were fairly understanding of the situation too. The cow was heading south and did tend to stay on the southbound track, hence the Weston train shown in the video was an hour late leaving Nailsea, whereas northbound trains were able to moove once the cow had passed.
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« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2013, 19:07:05 » |
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"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
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« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2013, 19:47:37 » |
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Shame the video didn't continue long enough for us to see if the incoming HST▸ leathered it.....
The HST looked stationery to me. |
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LiskeardRich
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« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2013, 19:49:44 » |
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Shame the video didn't continue long enough for us to see if the incoming HST▸ leathered it.....
The HST looked stationery to me. Its a lot closer to the camera at the end than it is the beginning. |
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« Reply #8 on: September 18, 2013, 19:58:14 » |
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Its a lot closer to the camera at the end than it is the beginning.
You're right it is, I was paying too much attention to the cow to notice. Well that's my excuse. No reports that the cow came to a sad end and it would have been allright if it stayed where it was in between the two tracks. Looks like the HST▸ was slowing to stop at Nailsea or was proceeding under caution so the cow wouldn't have been blown of its feet by an HST passing it at high speed. |
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JayMac
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« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2013, 20:01:57 » |
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I'd hazard a guess that both train's drivers had been given permission to proceed cautiously and to be prepared to stop short of any obstruction.
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"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #10 on: September 18, 2013, 20:31:34 » |
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Animal looks up indignantly at passengers on platform, thinking "Why are all those humans staring at me: haven't any of them seen a cow before?"  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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John R
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« Reply #11 on: September 18, 2013, 21:10:43 » |
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The northbound HST▸ had initially stopped well short of the platform, and then after a while edged up slightly, only to stop again whilst the cow passed it on the other line. The southbound 150 had followed it into NLS at a safe distance and then stopped at the far north end of the station.
As the HST left NLS a couple of NR» staff arrived and were last seen by me heading off in hot pursuit towards Yatton. It appears to have taken around a further 30 minutes before the line was cleared, so one presumes Buttercup wasn't a complete pushover.
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« Reply #12 on: September 18, 2013, 21:23:22 » |
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Having walked in the "four foot" (with permission) it is interesting to note how well the beast manages. It is not all that easy until you get into the swing of it. Perhaps being ..er.. "four-footed" helps?
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LiskeardRich
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« Reply #13 on: September 18, 2013, 21:24:49 » |
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Were they serving "fresh local beef" in the travelling chef this evening?
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #14 on: September 18, 2013, 21:37:50 » |
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No, that would have been a mistake.  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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