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Walking railway lines

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  • #32
    FishOnABike
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    CaptainSkidmark wrote: »
    We were walking On the mallow-Kerry line a few years back and there was a strong head wind and we never heard the train behind us, only seen it when it was about 500m behind us.

    never went walking on the tracks again.
    Did you get that name before or after you saw the train.


  • #33
    A Dub in Glasgo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,279 ✭✭✭✭A Dub in Glasgo


    I work for the railway in Britain and spent a good few years working trackside. Trains or no trains, walking along the trackside is full of hazards and I would willingly avoid doing it so not sure if a photo is worth it


  • #34
    Effects
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    Not that I am condoning walking on the tracks, but can't you walk on the set of tracks facing the direction of the oncoming trains? Less chance of it coming up behind you.
    I had a fright with a train approaching behind me when I was about 12 and playing on the tracks. Happened once and I was very careful since.


  • #35
    whisky_galore
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    Effects wrote: »
    Not that I am condoning walking on the tracks, but can't you walk on the set of tracks facing the direction of the oncoming trains? Less chance of it coming up behind you.
    I had a fright with a train approaching behind me when I was about 12 and playing on the tracks. Happened once and I was very careful since.

    Jesus. No it's trespass, in a clearly dangerous place.
    Why can't people understand this?


  • #36
    A Dub in Glasgo
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    Effects wrote: »
    Not that I am condoning walking on the tracks, but can't you walk on the set of tracks facing the direction of the oncoming trains? Less chance of it coming up behind you.
    I had a fright with a train approaching behind me when I was about 12 and playing on the tracks. Happened once and I was very careful since.

    You assume the track is in a straight line, what will you do when confronted by a curve or at a junction or a bi-directional section?


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  • #37
    L1011
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    Effects wrote: »
    Not that I am condoning walking on the tracks, but can't you walk on the set of tracks facing the direction of the oncoming trains? Less chance of it coming up behind you.
    I had a fright with a train approaching behind me when I was about 12 and playing on the tracks. Happened once and I was very careful since.

    Much of the network is single track


  • #38
    demanufactured
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    Plenty of track to walk between athlone and mullingar now.


  • #39
    Victor
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    Effects wrote: »
    Not that I am condoning walking on the tracks, but can't you walk on the set of tracks facing the direction of the oncoming trains? Less chance of it coming up behind you.
    I had a fright with a train approaching behind me when I was about 12 and playing on the tracks. Happened once and I was very careful since.
    As mentioned, much of the network is single track and you can expect trains to come from either direction. On the two-track section, you can either expect trains to be very frequent (Cork, Dublin, Belfast areas) or very vast - 90-100mph (145-160km/h). In some areas, you can have trains running on the 'wrong' track - express trains passing stopped trains.


  • #40
    Jamie2k9
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    I believe any time a person is on the line and is caught by CCTV it's downloaded and passed straight to guards or if you are caught a few times you can expect a knock on the door from the guards.

    Know a case in which it happened and while no further action was taken IE would go further if it continued.

    Anywhere on the line counts so if you pass a farm crossing gate it will be reported.

    IE have also placed CCTV at certain spots on the line where it becomes a big issue or improper use of gates etc on the lines and take action following this.


  • #41
    Louche Lad
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    Photography on empty lines in the US: http://fusion.net/video/219766/think-before-taking-photo-empty-train-track


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  • #42
    A Dub in Glasgo
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    So much recklessness in that video


  • #43
    flyingsnail
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    I just love how that photographer tries to justify it as safe (or doing her due diligence :rolleyes:) by placing a penny on the tracks :eek::eek::eek:


  • #44
    A Dub in Glasgo
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    Admittedly that stretch looked abandoned


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