Where is this bird

[CraigS]

Ok I have attached a photo showing a crow or something on a railway line somewhere.

So wheres this birds location?

 

[Max]

These are getting more impossible by the day :roll:

 

[CraigS]

These are getting more impossible by the day :roll:

Maybe a clue will help. The photo was taken in the London area.

 

[me123]

It's on the train tracks.

 

[Spaceflower]

the up fast line?
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sorry, can i change that to the down fast

 

[CraigS]

It is on a Down Fast Line.

Location anyone?

 

[Coxster]

South Kenton?

 

[Dennis]

Well, I'm thinking it's not Crowborough or Turkey Street - that might narrow it down a bit.

 

[CraigS]

South Kenton?

Yep is South Kenton.

 

[Tom]

South Kenton?

Bird veg!

 

[Lewisham2221]

Bird veg!

Nowt wrong with a bit of 'birdspotting'

 

[Tom]

Depends what type Marv.....

 

[Dennis]

POTW idea - birds who have been unintentionally included in railway phots.

 

[Tom]

Birds of both variety!

 

[Coxster]

See Max - by no means impossible

 

[Coxster]

 

[me123]

On a slab.

 

[Dennis]

Carlisle?

 

[D306]

Euston? theres loads of them there!

 

[Coxster]

It's on the Northern and Transpennine Express networks....

 

[D306]

oh. This is a wild guess, Manchester Picc?

 

[Spaceflower]

It must of moved there from the ECML judging by its foothock:

I'll guess somewhere on the northern TPE network, Warrington Central?

 

[Sir_Clagalot]

Why is it that birds can sit on a 25kv line and not get cooked? If I touch it then I'm history!!

 

[Spaceflower]

Yeah,but birds have the disadvantage of being sliced in two , and large panes of double glazing are just funny

 

[NSEFAN]

(Sorry to go off topic)

Why is it that birds can sit on a 25kv line and not get cooked? If I touch it then I'm history!!

Because the electricity isn't earthed by the bird. It'll only get cooked if it makes an earth connection, so the current could flow through it.

However, a person jumping onto the wires would have to be near a pole or wall or something, so the current can flow through the person and too the ground, thus cooking the person. Lovely.

Mind you, when the wires are close to the train, a pidgeon can accidently earth the current from the wire to the train to the ground. I believe this happens often at Kings Cross Thameslink.

 

[5872]

Why is it that birds can sit on a 25kv line and not get cooked? If I touch it then I'm history!!

because there not 'earthing' them selves , basically sitting on the ground while you touch it.



Fred.

 

[Spaceflower]

So you can touch them, you just have work out how to fly, thats the hard part.

 

[mbonwick]

Exactly what I was about to say

 

[Jim]

Birds of both variety!

Only 1 variety, the ones without wings I hasten to add!