Trains crashing...

Glaucus · 30 Jul 2013 at 08:02

They haven't been replacing fishplates, there's arent fish plates on main lines. As main line is CLWR, branch lines can still be fishplated, but they aren't removing them, as that requires a total overhaul usually, with different rail and different sleepers. Bit of an odd thing for an article to say, unless the article means started eradicating them decades ago.

Oh and lol at the stupid CTs

Hyburnate · 30 Jul 2013 at 08:06

There was one in Sweden a while back, a cleaner decided to take it for a ride IIRC.

[TW]Fox · 30 Jul 2013 at 08:19

Glaucus said:
They haven't been replacing fishplates, there's arent fish plates on main lines. As main line is CLWR

Not all of it?

Glaucus · 30 Jul 2013 at 08:20

[TW]Fox;24687099 said:
Not all of it?

There might be the odd bit here or there (or maybe not, google says its standard for all main lines), in the middle of no where. But I don't personally know of any outside of branch lines.

ince · 30 Jul 2013 at 08:27

There should surely be overrides to stop driver error

Efour · 30 Jul 2013 at 08:33

Cool! Trains, coaches, due a "GOOD" air crash soon, i hope, with bodies raining from the sky into a school playground full of nuns and..... stuff!

Glaucus · 30 Jul 2013 at 08:37

ince said:
There should surely be overrides to stop driver error

There are, in the Spanish case, I've seen two different reports (well actually more than that, but yay for media accuracy)
The most reported one is that the high speed straight had the new European train management system, which would have stopped the train, however where he crashed is still old track and has much older safety systems, which wouldn't stop this from happening.
So it appears it comes down to cost and time. Things can't be replaced instantly even if they had the money to do it.

Nick1881 · 30 Jul 2013 at 08:47

AFK_Matrix said:
Well there was that runaway train before Spain but that was in Canada.

Wasn't that a film?

Efour · 30 Jul 2013 at 09:00

Nick1881 said:
Wasn't that a film?

and a Soul Asylum song in the 90s!!!!! I had it on CD single woah!!!

Cosimo · 30 Jul 2013 at 09:07

I hope we don't have one here with a packed commuter train.

d_brennen · 30 Jul 2013 at 09:09

Similar stuff happening in different places. I smell conspiracy, and I don't like it :mad:

Freefaller · 30 Jul 2013 at 09:14

We've had them before.

Unfortunately with all processes they are fallible and often down to human error (or that the process allows them to cause a mistake). However, whilst we'd like to automate and safeguard everything, having the ability to make those mistakes and be in control are what gives us humans the edge.

It could be for a multitude of reasons, lack of maintenance, cutting costs, pressure on staff, old equipment etc....

The more trains there are in the world the more reports on accidents will occur - it's just statistics. It also depends what's hot or not on the news globally.

Nothing to do with conspiracies.

this_is_gav · 30 Jul 2013 at 09:17

Hyburnate said:
There was one in Sweden a while back, a cleaner decided to take it for a ride IIRC.

That's been rebuked. She was cleaning and accidently set it in motion, due to a number of "a number of serious safety breaches"

Efour said:
and a Soul Asylum song in the 90s!!!!! I had it on CD single woah!!!

Top song it was too.