Sorry to be a nuisance, but how do you view the photo. First I had to sign into Yahoo but having done that I got a message saying that I couldn't view the picture as I was under 13 years old. Then, I found that I had inadvertantly entered my year of birth as 2010 when I signed up to Yahoo Mail and they wouldn't let me change it despite the facty that I would have been 2 months old at the time if the year recorded had been correct. Then I opened a new account and then I was told to open a Flickr account, which I did.
And then, having done all that, when I clicked on the link from this thread, all I got was a message saying "This photo is private.Oops! You don't have permission to view this photo." So after trying for 35 minutes I still can't view it.
Oops indeed. Seems like FCC aren't so bad after all!!
And to make matters worse there's already a different Bedpan on Flickr so I have to be Bedpan1
I've not seen any pic's, can someone go to the railway and take a few pic's.
Are the loco's a write-off .
There's three of them, right there in the link in the opening post...I've not seen any pic's, can someone go to the railway and take a few pic's.
Could it have been removed or locked as its a bit sensitive for the P & B?...
Oddly, I can see them now! Looks like only superficial damage although I'm not sure about the shunter.
I've been a volunteer on 3 preserved lines and things like this are not uncommon. On one we were working a P-Way train with a small industrial shunter and the volunteer driver was about 70 with non too good eyesight. He was attempting to couple the engine when someone noticed that another volunteer was still inbetween it and the wagons. If somebody hadn't yelled "STOP!" heads could (literally) have rolled.
Although I don't know the full facts of this incident it is worrying that somebody with poor eyesight is allowed to be a driver. Aren't medicals and eye tests compulsory for anybody in safety critical roles such as driving ?
...the volunteer driver was about 70 with non too good eyesight....
Although I don't know the full facts of this incident it is worrying that somebody with poor eyesight is allowed to be a driver. Aren't medicals and eye tests compulsory for anybody in safety critical roles such as driving ?
Is the driver's age at all relevant? Eyesight, yes, but why mention age? Unless there's some requirement that people over 45 (or whatever) aren't allowed to drive. (45 because I remember police constables being retired at 45 years ago.)
I've been a volunteer on 3 preserved lines and things like this are not uncommon. On one we were working a P-Way train with a small industrial shunter and the volunteer driver was about 70 with non too good eyesight. He was attempting to couple the engine when someone noticed that another volunteer was still inbetween it and the wagons. If somebody hadn't yelled "STOP!" heads could (literally) have rolled.
That's very unlikely to just be the driver's fault. Did the shunter inform the driver that he was going between?
I've no idea since I was clearing trees nearby.He must have known what the shunter was doing since there was no requirement for the engine to go elsewhere, only for it to be coupled. AFAIK he never drove another train there.
Is the driver's age at all relevant? Eyesight, yes, but why mention age? Unless there's some requirement that people over 45 (or whatever) aren't allowed to drive. (45 because I remember police constables being retired at 45 years ago.)