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 NewsA 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▸ - both to act as catchnets or crumple zones behind the buffers, and to reflect the local area?
