| Re: Trucker Nailed by a Metrolink Train [message #793821] |
Mon, 11 February 2008 00:57 |
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On Jan 17, 5:18 pm, Hans-Joachim Zierke <Usenetspam... [at] Zierke.com>
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> Eeyore schrieb:
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> > Being dumb isn't completely an American thing !
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> Sure not. Just a week ago, a German garbage truck driver considered it
> a clever idea, to stop on a grade crossing for loading his truck.
Heh, link?
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| Re: Trucker Nailed by a Metrolink Train [message #793826 ] |
Mon, 11 February 2008 01:54 |
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Paul Johnson schrieb:
>> > Being dumb isn't completely an American thing !
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>> Sure not. Just a week ago, a German garbage truck driver considered it
>> a clever idea, to stop on a grade crossing for loading his truck.
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> Heh, link?
Press notice by federal police:
http://www.presseportal.de/polizeipresse/pm/63990/1114370/bu ndespolizeiinspektion_kassel
Accident avoided by emergency braking (the Kurhessenbahn operates
Stadler GTW similar to those bought by Austin, they brake a little
better than most US rolling stock). Garbage truck driver ignores train,
finishes loading, and drives away without reaction. In a fiction film,
nobody would believe the scene... ;-)
Suspect identified by police, faces investigation for "gefährlicher
Eingriff in den Bahnverkehr" ("dangerous intervention into railroad
traffic"), which can get quite expensive and uncomfortable.
Hans-Joachim
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A pair of boring old 628 DMUs:
http://www.ttc-gruen-gold-winnenden.de/DSO/40.jpg
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| Re: Trucker Nailed by a Metrolink Train [message #793872 ] |
Mon, 11 February 2008 04:12 |
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"Hans-Joachim Zierke" <Usenetspam013 [at] Zierke.com> wrote in message
news:slrnfqv760.ce1.Usenetspam013 [at] Odysseus.Zierke.com...
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Much Snippage...
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> Hans-Joachim
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> A pair of boring old 628 DMUs:
> http://www.ttc-gruen-gold-winnenden.de/DSO/40.jpg
What a nice photo!
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| Re: Trucker Nailed by a Metrolink Train [message #793902 ] |
Mon, 11 February 2008 07:33 |
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In article <slrnfqv760.ce1.Usenetspam013 [at] Odysseus.Zierke.com>,
Hans-Joachim Zierke <Usenetspam013 [at] Zierke.com> wrote:
> Accident avoided by emergency braking (the Kurhessenbahn operates
> Stadler GTW similar to those bought by Austin, they brake a little
> better than most US rolling stock). Garbage truck driver ignores train,
> finishes loading, and drives away without reaction. In a fiction film,
> nobody would believe the scene... ;-)
Is that the line that used to be the KBE?
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-Glennl
e-mail hint: add 1 to quantity after gl to get 4317.
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| Re: Trucker Nailed by a Metrolink Train [message #793911 ] |
Mon, 11 February 2008 12:55 |
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gl4316 [at] yahoo.com schrieb:
> Is that the line that used to be the KBE?
No. The KBE was located here
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/9/9c/KBE.png
The Kurhessenbahn is located here
http://www.juergen-froemmrich.de/cms/files/dokbin/36/36672.k urhessenbahn_selbstdarstellungsbroschue.JPG
It is a regional subsidiary of DB, which operates DMUs on 80 km/h
singletrack in hilly rural terrain.
http://www.bahnbilder.de/bilder/br-646-stadler-gtw-138058.jp g
http://www.bahnbilder.de/bilder/br-646-stadler-gtw-111068.jp g
http://www.bahnbilder.de/bilder/br-646-stadler-gtw-82383.jpg
http://home.arcor.de/rund_um_eichenberg/KHB2005.jpg
Hans-Joachim
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A pair of boring old 628 DMUs:
http://www.ttc-gruen-gold-winnenden.de/DSO/40.jpg
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