Re: English Railway Accident

["Rod [comtrain]" <freight_man@hotmail.com>]

Ian Jelf <ian@bluebadge.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In article <3A9E1454.7F401645@bigpond.com>, jjjim <jjjim@bigpond.com>
> writes
> >On the fottage on the news it appeard the barrier was quite short, and I
> >personally think there should be guard rails  (concrete) for  some
distance
> >before overpass. It should be mandatory.
>
> I've no idea what the standard for such matters *is* in the UK (there
> must be one).   What about in Australia?
> --
> Ian Jelf        http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk
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>
Strewth fellas!
According to an interview on the radio today, by an eyewitness...
The Rover was on a car trailer, and was not chained on!
The towing vehicle braked suddenly on an icy road to avoid the stopping cars
ahead, and slid in beside the car he was about to rear end, hitting the
railing quite hard, the Rover left the trailer, cleared the guard rails down
the bank, and was stopped by the ballast and track. This seems to stack up
with the Channel 7 news report I watched tonite.

Has anyone heard of "an act of GOD!"

How unlucky can you be. Two trains, almost immediatly after the ACCIDENT,
and even a call to 911, could not be passed on quickly enough to stop the
trains!
A more positive comment would be in this age of mobile phones, for the
relevant owners of the tracks, to post prominent telephone numbers and a
locality identification, at each overpass, so someone could notify the
relevant Train Controller, immediatly, instead of piss farting around with
Police etc Think how long it would have taken to get the message
through....10 mins, 30 minutes...Would the Coppers know who to call. Did the
Guy on the bridge know where he was ,even
Rod.