[modeleng] Re: Crash-Full size.

Interesting comment Al. Are your railways plagued by this type of accident?

Barrie
Warrington UK

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allen Messer" <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 2:18 AM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Crash-Full size.


> Well, over here, just about all crossings are "level
> crossings" and from childhood, we were taught the
> maxim: "Stop! Look! and Listen!"
>
> Al
> --- Dave Beaman <davebeaman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Seriously, We have had a few crunches and a lot of
>> near misses on the SVR
>> and none has ever been attributed to the loco crew
>> or railway. This coach
>> driver was lucky and I don't want to prejudge any
>> inquiry results but this
>> situation is becoming all too common on the big
>> railway as well as preserved
>> railways. I will await the outcome of this with
>> interest.
>>
>> You will recall the 2 drivers killed on the RHDR,
>> thats the loco drivers and
>> not the car drivers. Both motorists were found
>> guilty of road offences but
>> were, in my opinion, not punished with any real
>> severity. I do not know the
>> outcome of the crash on the SVR but to say, the
>> locals still leave the gates
>> open on the occupation crossing and have driven
>> across in front of a train,
>> albeit a light engine, since the accident. Perhaps
>> they think a light engine
>> won't kill them!!!
>>
>> Ok, off my soapbox now but this sort of thing really
>> gets my goat and spoils
>> my hobby as well as some drivers lives.
>>
>> Dave.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Tony Wells" <oaksfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 7:31 PM
>> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Crash-Full size.
>>
>>
>> Don'y you start carping on about it as well Harry!
>> <VBG> I think Nigel meant
>> that it was a load of old cods-wallop ... <VBG>
>>
>> Tony.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Harry Wade" <hww@xxxxxxxx>
>> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 4:16 PM
>> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Crash-Full size.
>>
>>
>> > At 10:04 AM 6/19/07 -0500, you wrote:
>> >>A report which even by the BBC's standards is
>> inaccurate carp.
>> >
>> >   It was the nightly fish train then?
>> >
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Harry Wade
>> > Nashville  Tennessee
>> >
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