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« on: March 17, 2017, 14:05:48 »
Hi All,

Would this happen here?

http://wtvbam.com/blogs/humor/1411/speeding-amtrak-train-covers-waiting-passengers-in-snow/


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« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2017, 14:16:47 »
No, because the last time we had anything like that much snow was around 35 years ago.   I bet the driver enjoyed it though!
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« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2017, 15:17:04 »
.......trains running in this country if it snows for a couple of days? Are you dreaming man?  Cheesy
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« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2017, 19:52:20 »
People in Britain travelling if it snows for a couple of minutes? Impossible!
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« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2017, 21:13:07 »
Water is so much more dramatic !!
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« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2017, 22:15:12 »
Quote from: TaplowGreen on March 17, 2017, 15:17:04
.......trains running in this country if it snows for a couple of days? Are you dreaming man?  Cheesy
When we've been snowed in here in Charlbury, the trains are the only things that get through. Optare Solo bus? Nope. Drive your own car? Nope. 400 tonnes of HST▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units))? OUT OF MY WAY I'M COMING THROUGH...
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« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2017, 08:16:26 »
Quote from: Richard Fairhurst on March 17, 2017, 22:15:12
Quote from: TaplowGreen on March 17, 2017, 15:17:04
.......trains running in this country if it snows for a couple of days? Are you dreaming man?  Cheesy
When we've been snowed in here in Charlbury, the trains are the only things that get through. Optare Solo bus? Nope. Drive your own car? Nope. 400 tonnes of HST▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units))? OUT OF MY WAY I'M COMING THROUGH...

Must have been terrifying for a town like Charlbury....I can picture the locals dropping their banjos, falling to their knees, crossing themselves and praying frantically as the sheep ran for cover!  Grin
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« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2017, 10:19:50 »
Stand in the wrong lineside location at the wrong time, watching a HST▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) passing at speed, and it could be much worse than snow you get covered in.

Short sharp shower of sh...
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« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2017, 10:28:21 »
Quote from: TaplowGreen on March 18, 2017, 08:16:26
Must have been terrifying for a town like Charlbury....I can picture the locals dropping their banjos
Ahem. Melodeons. This is morris dancing country, you know...
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« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2017, 21:49:57 »
From the original post:

In scene 1, I rather liked how all the more savvy potential passengers waiting on the platform started moving away from the platform edge in plenty of time - leaving one person out there standing (quite correctly, in theory) just behind the yellow line, and apparently oblivious to what was about to happen ...  Wink Cheesy Grin
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"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner."  Discuss.
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