A VERY graghic video

**p38arover** · 3rd June 2005, 11:12 AM

Originally posted by DEFENDERZOOK
people dont realise what?

Too much red wine! (hic) [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

Ron

**Greylandy** · 3rd June 2005, 01:48 PM

WTF was the camera man doing while this was happening ... you could see what was going to happen from a mile away 8O no warning :!:

**sclarke** · 3rd June 2005, 03:19 PM

Bugger i thought it would be blood and guts......

boring.....

Another sick puppy

rangie5litre · 3rd June 2005, 05:01 PM

I feel sorry for the train driver, I have a mate who drives coal trains in the Hunter Valley, he reckons it's his worst fea. Understandable! 8O

Cheers Scott.

**MacMan** · 3rd June 2005, 05:41 PM

I believe there is a "ding ding ding" TRAIN ABOUT TO CROSS alarm going on in the background. As clear an indicator that A TRAIN IS COMING as could be had other than a train in the head. Oh, but she did get a train in the head.

Unfortunate, but jeez! Some people won't be warned.

crossy · 3rd June 2005, 06:03 PM

at least we all know what was going through her mind at the time of the accident.

**Bushie** · 3rd June 2005, 07:54 PM

Originally posted by rangie5litre
I feel sorry for the train driver, I have a mate who drives coal trains in the Hunter Valley, he reckons it's his worst fea. Understandable! 8O

Cheers Scott.

I have a mate who drives urban around Sydney he's up to 8 (I think)
Stupid thing is he got more time off (suspended for reversing back into a station with the doors open) than he has for any of the deaths while he was driving.

Its a pretty old piece of video, graphic though.

Bushie

**drivesafe** · 3rd June 2005, 08:17 PM

I had 17 years as a train driver in NSW and I killed a lot of stock, road off three trains in derailments but FORTUNATELY never hit a sole.
It’s the luck or should I say the bad luck of the draw.
Driving in Sydney is definitely the worst place for fatals but the closest I ever came to hitting someone was while working 1800 tonnes of wheat from Inverell to Moree.

We had just left Gravesend ( Good name or what ) and as we came around a curve on a down hill run, we spotted a rail gang working on a bridge and two were using a jack hammer on the top of the trestle.

We went for full emergence brakes and sounded the horn all the way to the bridge but they were still working as we lost sight of them under the front of the loco.

We came to a stand with the first two locos on the bridge just past where they were working.

The trestle was only about 3 meters high and they had just managed to jump clear when they felt the vibration of the locos hitting the bridge.

Scared the crap out of me.

**Ace** · 3rd June 2005, 08:21 PM

Thats nasty. There is one doing the rounds where a guy picks up a pizza or something and goes to cross the road and gets cleaned up by a car, totally whacks him. Matt

**p38arover** · 3rd June 2005, 10:03 PM

Originally posted by drivesafe
We had just left Gravesend ( Good name or what ) and as we came around a curve on a down hill run, we spotted a rail gang working on a bridge and two were using a jack hammer on the top of the trestle.

These days there is now work allowed on track with machinery or heavy power tools unless we have a high level of protection in place, e.g. Controlled Signal Blocking, Track Occupancy Authority, Track Work Authority, or Local Possession Authority.

If someone calls and tells me they are working on track, I have to fill in the appropriate paperwork and arrange it through Train Control. They then check that I have blocking facilities applied to prevent any train entering the section. The person doing the work has to fill out the same paperwork and read it back to me to double check that everything is correct.

Safety is paramount. Delaying a train is less important if it means ensuring there is no chance of an accident. Unfortunately, passengers don't understand and only focus on the delay.

Ron

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