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Rob · Post by **Rob** » 16 May 2007 13:57

This is only possible in India.

Badger · Post by **Badger** » 16 May 2007 14:19

Ha, thats brilliant!

Imagine the health and safety nuts in the UK if that happened here, they'd blow a fuse!!

knedle · Post by **knedle** » 16 May 2007 14:23

It remembers me one of funny accidents in my city. Suddenly it began to snow and streets have been instantly covered with ice. Since ice is number one enemy when driving buses up the hill (cause you can't get up the hill then), some passangers got out of the buss and started pushing it up the hill. It looks funny on this photo, however it was much funnier to push bus then.

lws1984 · Post by **lws1984** » 16 May 2007 14:27

You think that's unusual?
Maybe for trains.

Try living in Seattle for a month and depending on public transport. They've got an excellent transport system, busses and trackless trollies. The problem with the trackless trollies is that, often times, over-eager drivers will cut corners too short or try and change lanes. Then, the trolley poles disengage from the wire, and it takes upwards of a half-hour to get them properly back on the wire.

When they're working properly, though, it's a wonderful way to get around.

Post by **Dave** » 16 May 2007 15:46

Move this to the transport forum, it needs a bit of humour to mix it up with the sad b****** trainspotters! (Of which I am NOT one xD)

Edit by spiff: excellent idea, moved

Purno · Post by **Purno** » 16 May 2007 17:54

Heh, bad luck. Awesome.

John · Post by **John** » 16 May 2007 19:27

badger wrote:Ha, thats brilliant!

Imagine the health and safety nuts in the UK if that happened here, they'd blow a fuse!!

no they wouldn't

they would just make everyone wear high vis jackets and hard hats...

(so the train driver can see them and to protect their heads from falling comets)

The Irish · Post by **The Irish** » 17 May 2007 08:07

badger wrote: wrote:
Ha, thats brilliant!

Imagine the health and safety nuts in the UK if that happened here, they'd blow a fuse!!
no they wouldn't

they would just make everyone wear high vis jackets and hard hats...

(so the train driver can see them and to protect their heads from falling comets)

Brilliant. I'm glad I'm not the only one who can't see a point in all this.

Wile E. Coyote · Post by **Wile E. Coyote** » 17 May 2007 09:00

Two more funny facts:

Many similar funny things were happened during EX-YU narrow gauge gold era (1950s-1970s). Locomotives were too weak, and in some places passengers had to go out and pull train. I heard stories about derailments, but because of very low speed, without any consequences. Passengers were just went out, put wagons back on rail and train continued trip. You wonder how? Because wagons were 3-4 tonnes weight. Also on some parts of railways train went so slow, so passengers went out of train and walked parralel to train. But all old people say that all of that had its charm...

in 1990s buses in Belgrade were in awful condition. Many times I saw passengers pushing bus to start engine...

AndersI · Post by **AndersI** » 17 May 2007 09:20

Rob wrote:This is only possible in India.

Don't be too sure about that! I was travelling in an old, tired, EMU some weeks before Christmas last year, and after leaving the next to last stop, we suddenly just rolled very slowly forward for about 1 km, until standing still in the middle of nowhere.

After 20 minutes or so, the driver finally had received instructions (phone? radio?) and went out with some tools in his hands.

He had to manually raise the pantograph (I don't know exactly how it worked, as the passengers were not allowed out of the train), and then the trip could continue.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » 17 May 2007 09:34

AndersI wrote:
Rob wrote:This is only possible in India.
Don't be too sure about that! I was travelling in an old, tired, EMU some weeks before Christmas last year, and after leaving the next to last stop, we suddenly just rolled very slowly forward for about 1 km, until standing still in the middle of nowhere.

After 20 minutes or so, the driver finally had received instructions (phone? radio?) and went out with some tools in his hands.

He had to manually raise the pantograph (I don't know exactly how it worked, as the passengers were not allowed out of the train), and then the trip could continue.

This is exactly what I meant, normally people aren't allowed to exit the train because they could get run over by another passing train.
In India the people even ride on the roof of the train and hanging out the doors. Not very safe but it happens.

michael blunck · Post by **michael blunck** » 17 May 2007 09:52

Rob wrote:In India the people even ride on the roof of the train and hanging out the doors. Not very safe but it happens.

In the Philippines, so-called "squatters" are literally living on the railway tracks.

regards
Michael

Rob · Post by **Rob** » 17 May 2007 10:28

I guess those people living there aren't what is known as NIMBYs.

[edit]correcting spelling error [/edit]

michael blunck · Post by **michael blunck** » 17 May 2007 10:52

I guess those people living there aren't what is knonw as NIMBYs.

Seems that not even the railway company is acting NIMBYshly.

regards
Michael

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