Train pushed by passenger to free trapped man

TarJak · 08-07-14, 08:14 AM

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-0...-train/5656302

I wonder how long he would have waited for emergency services to free him if this had happened outside peak-hour.

Sailor Steve · 08-07-14, 09:01 AM

Pretty wild!

Stealhead · 08-07-14, 12:14 PM

That is Gung-ho (working together). The orginal meaning.

Makes me think of a video clip I saw of some people in a Turkish villege. There was a flash flood and the town was trying to save this woman and boy trapped in a car. It was pretty close but they managed to work together and get the people out of the car and on dry land.

Aktungbby · 08-07-14, 12:47 PM

In London as you exit the metro underground car, a loud recording constantly states: "MIND THE GAP"! B.A.R.T in San Francisco does not...perhaps that simple admonition would be useful elsewhere!

Otto Fuhrmann · 08-07-14, 01:06 PM

That is pretty crazy. It's nice to know people are still willing to help, and not just stand there taking pictures.

Jimbuna · 08-07-14, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-0...-train/5656302

I wonder how long he would have waited for emergency services to free him if this had happened outside peak-hour.

I wonder had it not been peak-hour if anyone would have noticed?

Was on UK news last night...top marks to the commuters

Stealhead · 08-07-14, 02:49 PM

I think at an off peak hour even if people noticed there would not have been enough get it moved. I seem to recall the London tube having an announcement before the doors closed as well. Must have worked well enough I managed to get on and offdrspite my state of enribration.

Still accidents can and do happen despite the best engineering.

TarJak · 08-07-14, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

In London as you exit the metro underground car, a loud recording constantly states: "MIND THE GAP"! B.A.R.T in San Francisco does not...perhaps that simple admonition would be useful elsewhere!

Strangely enough he stepped over a sign on the platform with those very words printed on it.

Sailor Steve · 08-07-14, 04:00 PM

Our commuter trains are on the surface rather than underground, but the stations are designed so the gap is only an inch or so wide. I can't see even a small child having that happen here.

swamprat69er · 08-07-14, 04:28 PM

One lucky guy.

vienna · 08-09-14, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

In London as you exit the metro underground car, a loud recording constantly states: "MIND THE GAP"! B.A.R.T in San Francisco does not...perhaps that simple admonition would be useful elsewhere!

Kudos to the Oz-ians for stepping up and helping out. It's always good to see people working together to help out someone in trouble.

The reference to the BART system brought to mind another San Francisco rail system -- the fabled Cable Cars:

The Cable Cars, aside from being the only moving National Monument in the US, are rife with lore since their creation in 1873. The cars only do a top speed of 9 miles an hour, but they are quite a ride. Two of the lines have some pretty tight curves which they take at full speed and, on one curve, slightly above top speed since the car coasts around the curve using the inertia generated form a run down a hill. The cars have 2 crew members, a Gripman who actually "drives" the car and a Conductor who takes fares and operates the rear brakes. It used to be the custom for the Conductor to call out "Watch out for the curve!!" when the car was about to go through one of the tight curves. A popular story when I was growing up was about a Conductor who, in a lapse of judgment, brought both of his hands to call out "Watch out for the curve!!", instead of holding on himself, and was thrown off the car at full speed. Fortunately, he was not seriously injured, except for a few scrapes and bruises and the continued derision of his fellow conductors...

BTW, Maya Angelou, the famed American poet and playwright, had the distinction in her youth of being the first African-American female Conductor on the Cable Cars...

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08-07-14, 08:14 AM	#1
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Train pushed by passenger to free trapped man http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-0...-train/5656302 I wonder how long he would have waited for emergency services to free him if this had happened outside peak-hour.

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Pretty wild! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	That is Gung-ho (working together). The orginal meaning. Makes me think of a video clip I saw of some people in a Turkish villege. There was a flash flood and the town was trying to save this woman and boy trapped in a car. It was pretty close but they managed to work together and get the people out of the car and on dry land. Last edited by Stealhead; 08-07-14 at 12:24 PM.

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Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,006 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	In London as you exit the metro underground car, a loud recording constantly states: "MIND THE GAP"! B.A.R.T in San Francisco does not...perhaps that simple admonition would be useful elsewhere! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

08-07-14, 04:00 PM	#9
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Our commuter trains are on the surface rather than underground, but the stations are designed so the gap is only an inch or so wide. I can't see even a small child having that happen here. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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Otto Fuhrmann Helmsman Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Ireland Posts: 109 Downloads: 57 Uploads: 0	That is pretty crazy. It's nice to know people are still willing to help, and not just stand there taking pictures.

08-07-14, 02:49 PM	#7
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I think at an off peak hour even if people noticed there would not have been enough get it moved. I seem to recall the London tube having an announcement before the doors closed as well. Must have worked well enough I managed to get on and offdrspite my state of enribration. Still accidents can and do happen despite the best engineering.

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swamprat69er Aceydeucy Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ontario,Canada Posts: 1,889 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	One lucky guy. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That which does not kill us, makes us stronger. We the willing, led by the unsure, have done so much with so little, for so long, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.