[John Webb]

Short item in 'The Railway Magazine' for January 2008:

Trains on a Japanese line were badly disrupted when a tortoise became wedged between point blades. The creature was removed unharmed.

We modellers better be careful of a particular type of point motor.....?

Regards,
John

 

[7113]

QUOTE (John Webb @ 5 Dec 2007, 14:17) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Trains on a Japanese line were badly disrupted when a tortoise became wedged between point blades. The creature was removed unharmed.

Now that sits well with leaves on the line and the wrong kind of snow!!

Regards

 

[Edwin]

QUOTE (BRITHO @ 5 Dec 2007, 16:06) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Now that sits well with leaves on the line and the wrong kind of snow!!

Maybe the tortoise felt cold from the snow and hid under the leaves to hibernate

 

[7113]

and just think - if a train had come into contact it could have turned turtle

(sorry)

Regards

 

[poliss]

Groan *bangs head against wall*

 

[7113]

Believe me it can get worse - far worse...............

Regards

 

[Brian Considine]

QUOTE (BRITHO @ 6 Dec 2007, 13:38) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>and just think - if a train had come into contact it could have turned turtle

(sorry)

Regards

Even I could'nt come up with anything worse than that !

 

[poliss]

If it had been a chicken would it have fowled the line?

Who said it couldn't get worse?

 

[7113]

QUOTE (dbclass50 @ 6 Dec 2007, 16:31) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Even I could'nt come up with anything worse than that !

I'm sure you could if you really tried.

Regards

 

[ozwarrior]

Was it Michaelangelo, Donatello, Leonardo or Raphael?

 

[poliss]

I heard it was Ceecil Toitle from Bugs Bunny

 

[John Webb]

If a train had been derailed, would the railway company have had to "shell out" compensation to injured passengers?

 

[7113]

The Blue Peter tortoise anybody, and anyway aren't tortoises a protected species?

Regards