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Never stick your head out of a train window !
Never stick your head out of a train window !
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He must have got himself a fair way out
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ebul, I bow to your greater knowledge of railway safety than the old British Rail handbook, which included pictures of men standing facing away from the tracks and, in emergencies, lying face down next to them.
Later, in a different country, dear old dad was working on the railroad again. They still had steam locomotives there. Dad was in a tunnel which had slots called "coffins" cut into the walls. A headlamp approached and the men headed for the nearest coffins and faced inwards. A spark of burning coal went down the back of his neck. He couldn't do a thing until the train passed. He had a sort of infected carbuncle the size of my fist. I know because I used to dress it for him when I got back from school. I remember him saying that he wished he was still young enough to rejoin the army. He thought it was safer. He fought in Viet Nam. |
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A private ambulance arrived at the station in London but the man died after he was stuck by a train
ahhh, the private ambulance stood down then did it. Where do they get these people from? |
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Ron-Russian 08 Aug 16 23:20
how close are trains apart? you'd think you would really have to stick your head out to get it knocked off? The standard gauge between two railroad tracks in most of the world, including Great Britain but not Ireland, is 6 feet 5 1/2 inches minimum. This is known as the "six foot". The gauge used between the inner lines is 4 feet 8 1/2 inches. This is known as the "four foot". Obviously this means that trains overhang each side of the four foot and passing trains could well be within six inches of each other on the six foot. |
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Gallivanter • August 8, 2016 11:33 PM BST
ebul, I bow to your greater knowledge of railway safety than the old British Rail handbook, Well it did not do your dad much good? People walking on roads are told to walk facing traffic????...that was my logic |
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Ebul, it was my dad's mate that got his head stove in. As for my dad in the tunnel, would a burning cinder have been better in his eyes than down the back of his neck?
How do you dodge a bread roll or a cinder that's travelling at over a 100mph? Out of interest, your name reminds me of the colour of a uniform I once wore. Per Ardua Ad Astra mean anything to you? |
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Apologies for mistaken identity
Per Ardua Ad Astra no sadly the motto of the Royal Air Force, I see |
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I would say this unfortunate person was leaning out to see something or perhaps to attract someone's attention
on the opposite platform? It looks as if he got himself well out from that window, overlooked the danger. |
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pretty dangerous at the tote window when the shrewdies spot the value
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Perhaps there was a Norwiegan with an axe out the window of the other train
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I hardly think a bread roll thrown out of a train window , would travel at 120 miles an hour into the back of a man's head !
Just saying. |
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Whatever 'peak velocity' is measured at in mph then that is enough for an unfrozen pea to go through a human head if dropped off the Eiffel Tower apparently....so a bread roll crust an all at 120mph would certainly 'knock yer duck off' imo
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That penny thing is widely believed...but, its a myth
"The short answer, says physicist Jon Butterworth of University College London, is no. It couldn't even burn flesh – except in certain circumstances." https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/mar/20/urban-myths-skyscraper-coin-kill-you |
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Well that's disappointing.
That's the only reason I'd have wanted to go to France ffs. Might as well cancel my Irish passport application then. |
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It is hard to think a bread roll would crush the back of a man's head...
I assume it was still travelling at the speed of the train when it hit the back of the man's head.. must have been a bit crusty or stale though |
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wonder who got the job,washing train windscreen
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A man tells his friend to stick her head out of the window, he must have seen the train coming.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxmefBMepUo |