Near collision between two trains - GIF

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Sep 9, 2023, 09:51 PM
Altair

Near collision between two trains - GIF

Near collision between two trains.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...669#post209541
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...958#post220912
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...673#post190056
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...435#post185488
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...679#post201654
Sep 10, 2023, 09:07 AM
IntheGroove

I hope his face didn't hurt the ground...
Sep 10, 2023, 10:45 AM
BuffaloJohn

And that is why he wore his brown pants...
Sep 10, 2023, 01:28 PM
Frank S

I wonder if the passengers knew the engineer was so confident in being able to stop the train before collision that he jumped out.
Sep 11, 2023, 07:48 PM
nova_robotics

VIA Rail. That checks out.
Sep 11, 2023, 09:30 PM
BuffaloJohn

That's Canadian...
Sep 12, 2023, 08:24 AM
NeiljohnUK

Quote:

Originally Posted by BuffaloJohn

That's Canadian...

That fills me with confidence, due to travel across Canadistan West to East by train this month...
Sep 13, 2023, 04:50 AM
Hoosiersmoker

Someone was asleep at the switch somewhere.
Oct 10, 2023, 06:56 AM
NeiljohnUK

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeiljohnUK

That fills me with confidence, due to travel across Canadistan West to East by train this month...

Well we made it, 2 days on the Rocky Mountaineer, 4 on the 'Canadian'. Interestingly when the national control centre in Edmonton had a problem the WHOLE of Canada's national rail system emergency stopped, we were in the middle of BFK at the time. As for Via Rail's 'Canadian', the trains are showing their age, and being sealed window recirc air only several unwell (covid?)passengers made almost the whole train sick...
Oct 10, 2023, 08:26 AM
nova_robotics

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeiljohnUK

Well we made it, 2 days on the Rocky Mountaineer, 4 on the 'Canadian'. Interestingly when the national control centre in Edmonton had a problem the WHOLE of Canada's national rail system emergency stopped, we were in the middle of BFK at the time. As for Via Rail's 'Canadian', the trains are showing their age, and being sealed window recirc air only several unwell (covid?)passengers made almost the whole train sick...

Sounds like a nightmare. Isn't it super expensive as well?
Oct 10, 2023, 09:30 AM
NeiljohnUK

Quote:

Originally Posted by nova_robotics

Sounds like a nightmare. Isn't it super expensive as well?

As we went 'silver' not too bad as a once in a lifetime trip, 'gold' was almost twice the price, we budgeted £10,000 each for the whole trip, flights premium economy, car hire and dinners. One retired Dr and his wife with our group went full gold and business flights, cost them double what we paid!
Oct 10, 2023, 02:52 PM
nova_robotics

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeiljohnUK

As we went 'silver' not too bad as a once in a lifetime trip, 'gold' was almost twice the price, we budgeted £10,000 each for the whole trip, flights premium economy, car hire and dinners. One retired Dr and his wife with our group went full gold and business flights, cost them double what we paid!

I'd like to do it some time in my life. Every time I priced out a train ticket it's been like 3-5x the cost of a plane ticket.
Oct 11, 2023, 04:56 AM
NeiljohnUK

Quote:

Originally Posted by nova_robotics

I'd like to do it some time in my life. Every time I priced out a train ticket it's been like 3-5x the cost of a plane ticket.

With the growing cost of flights, and personal carbon budget the WEF are pushing, along with laws forcing people onto boats and trains where those routes exist in parallel to flights, that might change.