Wouldn't want this to catch on

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CyclingSid

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Wouldn't want this to catch on

« on: December 06, 2019, 10:32:04 »

https://twitter.com/TLRailUK/status/1202601786172936192


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Bmblbzzz

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Re: Wouldn't want this to catch on

« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2019, 17:04:11 »

Any idea how it happened? I couldn't see any information in the twitter thread.


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Re: Wouldn't want this to catch on

« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2019, 18:52:59 »

I just found the link on one of the cycling sites, no other information that I could see.


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rogerw

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Re: Wouldn't want this to catch on

« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2019, 18:54:19 »

I know they say that you can take a bike on a train, but that's ridiculous. Roll Eyes


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paul7575

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Re: Wouldn't want this to catch on

« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2019, 19:12:23 »

If you carefully aimed it at the wires, if throwing off a bridge, would the catenary easily support a pushbike until the next passing pantograph hit it? Results almost look too neat...

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Bmblbzzz

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Re: Wouldn't want this to catch on

« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2019, 20:57:49 »

Or has it been thrown onto the roof of a train as it was passing under a bridge? I hope not; throwing it onto the wires is dangerous enough, onto the train itself must be even more so.


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