free spirit
more tea vicar?
whether it's a criminal offence or not depends on intent.
Have You Ever Pulled The Emergency Cord/Handle?
- Thread starter Spymaster
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davesgcr
Reading books
The Winsford collison of 1947 was caused when a soldier going on leave pulled the cord on a train to save himself a long walk home from Crewe - resulting in a rear end collison of the following Glasgow - Euston train. There were several deaths - and although there was some slackness in applying signalling regulations - the root cause was the cord stopping a train in the country and outside protection of fixed signals. Tad obscure I know - but one of the reasons agains "misuse".
I believe he was prosecuted - and no doubt had to live with the consequences for a while .....
I believe he was prosecuted - and no doubt had to live with the consequences for a while .....
teuchter
je suis teuchter
That sounds like very lax signalling indeed. How did that happen? Did they used to work on the assumption that a train kept moving once it entered a section?
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
If I were to pull the handle in an effort to prevent someone having a heart attack from receiving medical attention, the charge would be "attempted murder" or similar, not "pulling the emergency handle".
The offence of "pulling the emergency handle" is either criminal, or not.
davesgcr said:
Do you know what for?
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
davesgcr
Reading books
The old boy signalman at Winsford gave line clear to the box in rear - not having seen the express go by ! (auto suggestion and assumed he had missed it I guess) - twas dark and he was engaged in other things.
The train crew were slow in going back with detonators and a red lamp - etc etc.
I did have the accident report at one time but passed it to a Crewe resident who knew some of the people concerned. (the driver of the colliding train was one T C Jones)
The bloke who pulled the cord was an ex signalman - and assumed (wrongly) that the safety systems of observation and "protection" would kick in - to be fair he handed himslelf in. Another footnote of history.
The train crew were slow in going back with detonators and a red lamp - etc etc.
I did have the accident report at one time but passed it to a Crewe resident who knew some of the people concerned. (the driver of the colliding train was one T C Jones)
The bloke who pulled the cord was an ex signalman - and assumed (wrongly) that the safety systems of observation and "protection" would kick in - to be fair he handed himslelf in. Another footnote of history.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Cheers.
There doesn't seem to be any reference to the charges brought against the passenger though. Have you seen anything like that in there?
No I haven't but I'm on a train now
Pull the cord, and give us a first-hand report on what happens. I dare you!
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Fingers
From Tuscany SE22
Yah, bloke collapes on the Thameslink befwekk LJ and Blackfriars.
I pull emergency cord, nothing happens, pull it harder and it falls off
Bloke gets up, turns out he had been drinking all night and not gone to bed.
Train cannot move off until broken chain fixed
Result: hundreds of pissed off commuters glaring at me.
I pull emergency cord, nothing happens, pull it harder and it falls off
Bloke gets up, turns out he had been drinking all night and not gone to bed.
Train cannot move off until broken chain fixed
Result: hundreds of pissed off commuters glaring at me.
