the_siobhan: (wormtooth)
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My train yesterday had to use the emergency brakes because somebody drove their pickup truck onto the tracks just as we were approaching the crossing.

So that was a first.

No damage done, but apparently they take about 15 minutes of work to unlock.

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Date: 2022-10-26 02:14 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] houseof9cats

Yikes! I was on an Amtrak derailment when I was 9 or 10. I was up getting drinks and coming back and flew across the car into my mother's lap. Everyone was ok, I think? Glad you are ok!

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Date: 2022-10-27 04:58 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] cornerofmadness
that's scary

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Date: 2022-10-27 09:12 am (UTC)
ysilme: Screenshot of google maps from my phone travelling in northern Norway, showing the island Magerøya. (Travelling map)
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What an experience! And yes, that unlocking takes time - my father-in-law was a signaller at the railway and my father is a model railroader; both have fed me with more details about railwais than I ever cared to know *g*. But as long as nobody is hurt and no damage is done all's good, I suppose.

I once watched an emergency braking of a tram in the city, which looked and sounded quite spectacular: those old-fashioned tram types had no brakes but released a lot of sand onto the rails for emergency stops, but they also weren't going very fast; I'm guessing 20 kmh/13 mph at the site where it happened. For a similar reason, too: some hippie guy was about to cross the rails with their very old and battered VW van when both axled broke down at once. I also learned about the alarm sounds of that tram: a very atonal chime of bells rung over and over again - for the sake of the poor tram driver I hope they didn't need to use that often!


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Date: 2022-10-27 11:47 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] greylock
Do you not have boomgates at level crossings?
Or was there something else happening?
At least your train stopped in time.

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