jcredfer Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 1 hour ago, eastglosmog said: Group stupidity like this worries me when I lead walks over a foot crossing, so I try and avoid them wherever possible. I took a very small group of Year 11 pupils on a small walk around the local fields. There was a dateless foot crossing, crossed with care and explanations, during which one of them stood on a line and - then - asked, "Are they electric trains?" Julian 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium martin_wynne Posted August 27, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 27, 2020 RAIB report today on incident in June: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safety-digest-072020-worlingham/near-miss-at-worlingham-user-worked-crossing-suffolk-8-june-2020 Martin. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted September 4, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 4, 2020 Looks as if he stalled on the crossing. Roemond, Netherlands. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 Looks as if the barrier came down between the cab and trailer and snagged him. I'm not sure how one of the catenary masts wound up going through the trailer roof though! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted September 4, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 4, 2020 Very lucky, only two passengers slightly injured. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium martin_wynne Posted September 5, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 5, 2020 That link not working here. Try this: https://www.facebook.com/rudy.janssen.5/videos/3011111035665639 Martin. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted September 5, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 5, 2020 Camera operator has no clue that there could well be another train approaching from the other direction! Andi 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted September 5, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 5, 2020 And the drivers first instinct was to get out and wave to the train in order for it to stop, as if a 38 ton trailer sitting on the track would not be spotted by the train driver, but as I said, first instinct. Everyone was lucky.. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted September 5, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 5, 2020 9 hours ago, Dagworth said: Camera operator has no clue that there could well be another train approaching from the other direction! Andi Certainly made me cringe watching him wandering over the line like that. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 28 minutes ago, boxbrownie said: And the drivers first instinct was to get out and wave to the train in order for it to stop, as if a 38 ton trailer sitting on the track would not be spotted by the train driver, but as I said, first instinct. Everyone was lucky.. Unfortunately he didn't have any scarlet petticoats to hand.... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted September 5, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 5, 2020 9 hours ago, Dagworth said: Camera operator has no clue that there could well be another train approaching from the other direction! Andi And no thought of checking that everyone on the train was OK. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 It seems the driver must be used to such incidents, given the size of the massive toilet rolls he takes with him!! Julian 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS2968 Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 2 hours ago, RJS1977 said: Unfortunately he didn't have any scarlet petticoats to hand.... Not Friday night, then! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabato Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 I'm impressed by the strength of the barrier. Still attached to the operating mechanism and it levered the whole of the mech and "wig-wag" post around. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 10 hours ago, Sabato said: I'm impressed by the strength of the barrier. Still attached to the operating mechanism and it levered the whole of the mech and "wig-wag" post around. I suspect they may be designed that way. A while ago I was present at a more complex, but ultimately less destructive or dangerous incident, during which a small truck rolled into a barrier, and the whole assembly just twiddled round without suffering any significant damage, requiring only twiddling back afterwards. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium martin_wynne Posted September 6, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 6, 2020 Not a stupidity post, but this seems a suitable place to ask this. At Lolham Bridges, NW of Peterborough, there is a level crossing over the ECML: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/52.64910/-0.35873 (It's an old Roman Road, known as King Street.) In 2015 there was a proposal to close the level crossing to vehicles and build a new cycle bridge a little way to the SE, also replacing a now-closed foot crossing: https://democracy.peterborough.gov.uk/documents/s23052/4.%20Appendix%201%20-%20Plan%203%20level%20crossing%20closures.pdf However, the present situation seems to be that for motor vehicles the road is now one-way only, north to south, but cyclists can go both ways: © Copyright Michael Trolove and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5458097 What's the thinking behind this? Was abuse of the crossing more prevalent in one direction? Is this a busy route for cyclists? How are the signage and barriers affected for cyclists on one side only? thanks, Martin. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted September 6, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 6, 2020 (edited) 11 minutes ago, martin_wynne said: What's the thinking behind this? Was abuse of the crossing more prevalent in one direction? Is this a busy route for cyclists? How are the signage and barriers affected for cyclists on one side only? Could it be due to the other crossing further along, right next to the road junction? One way on the way given means that queuing traffic there isn't going to be fouling the main road. Edited September 6, 2020 by Reorte 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium martin_wynne Posted September 6, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 6, 2020 7 minutes ago, Reorte said: Could it be due to the other crossing further along, right next to the road junction? One way on the way given means that queuing traffic there isn't going to be fouling the main road. Thanks, that seems possible. This is the 2009 view of that first level crossing: https://goo.gl/maps/EwugxZxVbjVP5vwy8 But that level crossing is over the Stamford-Oakham line, so presumably not as busy as the ECML? The road sign in the photo is north of that crossing, and seems unnecessary if there is another one further back at the road junction. Martin. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium martin_wynne Posted September 6, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 6, 2020 p.s. found this 2017 dashcam pic of the road junction: © Copyright Alex McGregor and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons Licence: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5367214 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium martin_wynne Posted September 6, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 6, 2020 p.p.s. The reason for the one-way seems to be that the historic bridges at Lolham are too narrow, and nothing to do with the railway: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/87493 Martin. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted September 6, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 6, 2020 If there was ever a need for a replacing bridge that is it. A bridge avoiding both the rail and river crossings would not be difficult. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 1 hour ago, martin_wynne said: Not a stupidity post, but this seems a suitable place to ask this. At Lolham Bridges, NW of Peterborough, there is a level crossing over the ECML: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/52.64910/-0.35873 (It's an old Roman Road, known as King Street.) In 2015 there was a proposal to close the level crossing to vehicles and build a new cycle bridge a little way to the SE, also replacing a now-closed foot crossing: https://democracy.peterborough.gov.uk/documents/s23052/4.%20Appendix%201%20-%20Plan%203%20level%20crossing%20closures.pdf However, the present situation seems to be that for motor vehicles the road is now one-way only, north to south, but cyclists can go both ways: © Copyright Michael Trolove and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5458097 What's the thinking behind this? Was abuse of the crossing more prevalent in one direction? Is this a busy route for cyclists? How are the signage and barriers affected for cyclists on one side only? thanks, Martin. As someone who lives on a one way street, I could be forgiven for thinking that one way streets and no entry signs don't apply to cyclists anyway, given the number I see go past the wrong way..... 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted September 6, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 6, 2020 On 05/09/2020 at 02:32, Dagworth said: Camera operator has no clue that there could well be another train approaching from the other direction! Andi Also has no idea about perspective. Like most idiotic phone users holds it in portrait mode when we see the world in landscape mode. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted September 6, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 6, 2020 1 hour ago, melmerby said: Also has no idea about perspective. Like most idiotic phone users holds it in portrait mode when we see the world in landscape mode. Portrait video - there's one of my (vast number of) pet hates! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 On 20/08/2020 at 18:37, 96701 said: Some walkers close to not finishing their stroll. https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/video-near-miss-with-group-of-walkers-in-kent-sparks-network-rail-appeal-to-crossing-users-as-summer-hots-up Why is it that, every time I scroll past this post, I mistake the third letter in the second word for a different one? 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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