Weird Things You See People Do on the Railway

trainophile · 19 Aug 2018

We are hoping to take an over-bath shower screen on the train in a couple of weeks. It's a folding one, and the box it's in is just under 5' tall and about 10" deep. Going early (pre-peak) so hopefully it will be okay. In case you're wondering, B&Q didn't have any left of the sort we wanted in the branch local to our flat.

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Welshman · 19 Aug 2018

trainophile said:
We are hoping to take an over-bath shower screen on the train in a couple of weeks. It's a folding one, and the box it's in is just under 5' tall and about 10" deep. Going early (pre-peak) so hopefully it will be okay. In case you're wondering, B&Q didn't have any left of the sort we wanted in the branch local to our flat.

If you're on an old pacer during a storm, or the air-con starts leaking on a more modern unit, it could come in very handy

Esker-pades · 19 Aug 2018

I had to take an office chair on the train once. I had to wheel/carry it all the way down the Southwark Street to London Bridge. There, I sat on it on the platform until my train arrived, where I got on, and then used it as my seat until I had to get off.

This morning I had to take a small chest of drawers to Cambridge, which was a fun trip on Thameslink and then on the crowded Cambridge Flyer.

Dai Corner · 19 Aug 2018

trainophile said:
We are hoping to take an over-bath shower screen on the train in a couple of weeks. It's a folding one, and the box it's in is just under 5' tall and about 10" deep. Going early (pre-peak) so hopefully it will be okay. In case you're wondering, B&Q didn't have any left of the sort we wanted in the branch local to our flat.

You know they offer free delivery for purchases over £50?

trainophile · 19 Aug 2018

Dai Corner said:
You know they offer free delivery for purchases over £50?

Presumably only from the nearest branch, and they didn't have any in stock. The guy who checked his computer for us in our main home town said it looked like they might be being discontinued. There was only one left there, so we thought we'd better get it and worry about the logistics later!

AndyPJG · 19 Aug 2018

Two women with a roll or carpet about 7 feet long and 2 ft diameter. They were well organised though, with it nicely strapped onto a sack trolley.....as they got onto the Bakerloo line train at Charing Cross!

Dai Corner · 19 Aug 2018

trainophile said:
Presumably only from the nearest branch, and they didn't have any in stock. The guy who checked his computer for us in our main home town said it looked like they might be being discontinued. There was only one left there, so we thought we'd better get it and worry about the logistics later!

Ah I see. Good luck with your trip!

Paul L · 20 Aug 2018

trainophile said:
For a newbie that's quite offensive .

Oh, good grief! It isn't.

Paul L · 20 Aug 2018

So al78 the little old lady who isn't happy with you had better watch herself!
Really folks maybe it would be a good idea to leave the office in the office, and stop treating the train like your bedroom!
Try having a day of thinking of other people, I know this isn't fashionable these days but it helps keep one safe.

AlastairFraser · 20 Aug 2018

Most annoying when you get on the train, go to find your reserved seats but find that there is already a family in it and that they complain and become aggressive when you ask them to move,even though the reservation was clearly marked on the seat.

liam456 · 20 Aug 2018

telstarbox said:
5. Join a forum and obsess over minute details which don't affect typical passengers.

Hmmm......

(First time I've laughed out loud on RailUK

)

Fearless · 21 Aug 2018

AlastairFraser said:
Most annoying when you get on the train, go to find your reserved seats but find that there is already a family in it and that they complain and become aggressive when you ask them to move,even though the reservation was clearly marked on the seat.

There's a story about a man travelling in India who had made a reservation on a long-distance (like, 3 days journey) train. He went to the station and the train came in bang on time. He found the right coach, then the right seat, but there was someone already in it. Cue argument: my seat, no it's mine, no it's mine, etc. Turns out it was the previous day's train, running exactly 24 hours late!

Journeyman · 21 Aug 2018

FelixtheCat said:
I had to take an office chair on the train once. I had to wheel/carry it all the way down the Southwark Street to London Bridge. There, I sat on it on the platform until my train arrived, where I got on, and then used it as my seat until I had to get off.

This morning I had to take a small chest of drawers to Cambridge, which was a fun trip on Thameslink and then on the crowded Cambridge Flyer.

I bought a couple of folding chairs at Ikea in Purley Way once, and took them home on the tram. All the seats were taken, but there was plenty of space to unfold a chair and deploy it.

krus_aragon · 21 Aug 2018

Journeyman said:
I bought a couple of folding chairs at Ikea in Purley Way once, and took them home on the tram. All the seats were taken, but there was plenty of space to unfold a chair and deploy it.

What you mean is: All seats were taken, but luckily you'd taken your own seat!

K.o.R · 21 Aug 2018

I have carried an oversize computer case from Kings Cross St Pancras to Archway before. The escalators were fun.

Fearless · 21 Aug 2018

Let's see who can beat this one: Deltic cab windows from Collector's Corner at Euston, via Tube to Paddington, then back to Bristol. Three times!

bnsf734 · 21 Aug 2018

It didn't quite get as far as the Overground but when working at the Great British Beer Festival 2 weeks ago I heard that somebody tried taking a St Austell Brewery painted 45 gallon oil drum (empty!) out of Kensington Olympia but was stopped at the exit! He obviously thought it would look good on his patio.

Also in Poland I saw somebody carrying a WC pan waiting for a train at Poznan.

Peter Mugridge · 21 Aug 2018

Fearless said:
Let's see who can beat this one: Deltic cab windows from Collector's Corner at Euston, via Tube to Paddington, then back to Bristol. Three times!

I carried this back from Slade Green to Waterloo East in an EPB and then in a 455 from Waterloo to Stoneleigh...

kevconnor · 21 Aug 2018

This is becoming a bit like a parody of the four Yorkshireman sketch.

Temple Meads · 23 Aug 2018

Not sure why al78 is getting so much stick here - his first post on the lanyard subject is far more sensible than the paranoid nonsense about being a target.

I'm often to be seen with company uniform and a lanyard and funnily enough I haven't ended up in a fight while wearing it yet... I'd add something about being able to defend myself, but it will inevitably lead to strangers on the internet casting aspersions about my personal appearance and abilities!

EM2 · 23 Aug 2018

Fearless said:
Let's see who can beat this one: Deltic cab windows from Collector's Corner at Euston, via Tube to Paddington, then back to Bristol. Three times!

Two folding 'lounger' style chairs, from Bruges to Slough, pre-Eurostar, via taxi, train, ferry, train, tube and train!

Rail Blues · 23 Aug 2018

Temple Meads said:
Not sure why al78 is getting so much stick here - his first post on the lanyard subject is far more sensible than the paranoid nonsense about being a target

It was a sensible post, right up until the point he went all vigilante, like he was auditioning for a role in Danny Dyer's 'Britain's hardest trainspotters.'

The display of machismo on a post about lanyards was something else, one of the most comically absurd things I've seen on these boards. Fwiw most lanyards are designed to come apart the moment they're tugged on sharply so the overstretched NHS can rest easy Al78 isn't going to have to unleash his fury on anyone.

pdeaves · 23 Aug 2018

Rail Blues said:
Fwiw most lanyards are designed to come apart the moment they're tugged on sharply

Most seem designed to come apart if you even think about them!

CaptainHaddock · 23 Aug 2018

Rail Blues said:
It was a sensible post, right up until the point he went all vigilante, like he was auditioning for a role in Danny Dyer's 'Britain's hardest trainspotters.'

The display of machismo on a post about lanyards was something else, one of the most comically absurd things I've seen on these boards. Fwiw most lanyards are designed to come apart the moment they're tugged on sharply so the overstretched NHS can rest easy Al78 isn't going to have to unleash his fury on anyone.

Danny Dyer's 'Britain's hardest trainspotters.' Fantastic - that's a show that's begging to be made and a suggestion worthy of Alan Partridge! Expect a call from Channel 5 shortly!

Fearless · 23 Aug 2018

Yeah, me, I'm SO hard I once defrauded the railway. Bought a return ticket and only went one way.

61653 HTAFC · 23 Aug 2018

Rail Blues said:
It was a sensible post, right up until the point he went all vigilante, like he was auditioning for a role in Danny Dyer's 'Britain's hardest trainspotters.'

The display of machismo on a post about lanyards was something else, one of the most comically absurd things I've seen on these boards. Fwiw most lanyards are designed to come apart the moment they're tugged on sharply so the overstretched NHS can rest easy Al78 isn't going to have to unleash his fury on anyone.

Funny that you describe it as comically absurd, because in general on forums if a post is comically absurd I assume the poster intended it that way, at least partially. The people losing their waste over @al78 's post are far more absurd than he is, but without the comedy part.

Don't know why I'm still surprised by all that though. Perhaps I'm giving people too much credit...

Rail Blues · 23 Aug 2018

Fearless said:
Yeah, me, I'm SO hard I once defrauded the railway. Bought a return ticket and only went one way.

You mugging me off geezer, acting the Charlie Big Potatoes? I once bought a ticket from Edinburgh to Birmingham and got off at Tamworth. Some tasty looking Ticket inspector eyeballed me, wanted to go toe to toe like he was ten men, but one glance of my unmarked boat race and my Stone Island spotter's cagoule and he bottled it. You don't stay beautiful in the spotting game if you can't dance. I bounced out like I owned the Manor.

Lads gonna lad, spotters gonna spot.

Fearless · 23 Aug 2018

Rail Blues, I've never laughed so hard at a post on these forums! Quite made my anorak shake.

AlastairFraser · 23 Aug 2018

Fearless said:
There's a story about a man travelling in India who had made a reservation on a long-distance (like, 3 days journey) train. He went to the station and the train came in bang on time. He found the right coach, then the right seat, but there was someone already in it. Cue argument: my seat, no it's mine, no it's mine, etc. Turns out it was the previous day's train, running exactly 24 hours late!

Only in India! They would just cancel it here ;(

Clayton · 23 Aug 2018

liam456 said:
Hmmm......

(First time I've laughed out loud on RailUK )

We need a ‘like’ button!

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