Don't miss Top Gear Sun 4th Feb - train into car on LC

All eyes will be on BBC2's Top Gear this Sunday (4 February) to see
what happens when a high speed train hits a stationary car on a level
crossing.

The high-impact stunt, filmed last August should get tongues
wagging....

nickw7coc@ wrote:
> All eyes will be on BBC2's Top Gear this Sunday (4 February) to see
> what happens when a high speed train hits a stationary car on a level
> crossing.
>
> The high-impact stunt, filmed last August should get tongues
> wagging.

Sunday 4th from 20:00-21:00, repeated on BBC2 on Wednesday 7th from
19:00-20:00.

philipuk@ wrote:
>
> Now how good are you lot anyway. Who can identify the locomotive and
> location :)

Everybody knows that - it was splashed all over the railway magazines
(internet and print) last summer! ;-)

<nickw7coc@> wrote in message
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> All eyes will be on BBC2's Top Gear this Sunday (4 February) to see
> what happens when a high speed train hits a stationary car on a level
> crossing.

This televisual celebration of lawbreaking [1] isn't high on my priority
list, and calling a 31 a "high speed train" is probably actionable under the
Trades Descriptions Act. Good variation on the elephant and tortoise joke
though.

[1] Speeding is OK, parking wherever you like is OK, and using your mobile
while driving is also OK on Planet Jezza.

--
Tim

"I do not approve of the words that came out of my mouth" - Jade Goody

"Tim Fenton" <timfenton@> wrote in
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> This televisual celebration of lawbreaking [1] isn't high on my
> priority list, and calling a 31 a "high speed train" is probably
> actionable under the Trades Descriptions Act.

Wash your mouth out! I once clocked a pair of 31/4s at 102mph on the WCML.
Once. When they worked some Barrow - Manchesters on five MkIIs, they could
reach their 90mph official top speed on the Lancaster - Preston section.
Though it did take around half of the 21 miles between the two stations to
reach that speed. But the thrash ...

Rick.

"Rick Hughes" <rjh@talk21.com> wrote in message
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>
>> This televisual celebration of lawbreaking [1] isn't high on my
>> priority list, and calling a 31 a "high speed train" is probably
>> actionable under the Trades Descriptions Act.
>
> Wash your mouth out! I once clocked a pair of 31/4s at 102mph on the WCML.

Is that the same as the 40 that can pull 100?

> Once. When they worked some Barrow - Manchesters on five MkIIs, they could
> reach their 90mph official top speed on the Lancaster - Preston section.

90 perhaps. This could be reached with six Mk 1s on the back between
Micklefield and Church Fenton (it's downhill).

--
Tim

"Can capitalism survive? No, I do not think it can" - Josef Schumpeter

On 1 Feb 2007 03:45:16 -0800, "nickw7coc@"
<nickw7coc@> wrote:

>All eyes will be on BBC2's Top Gear this Sunday (4 February) to see
>what happens when a high speed train hits a stationary car on a level
>crossing.
>
>The high-impact stunt, filmed last August should get tongues
>wagging....

Do you remember about 20 years ago, they staged a stunt in
Leicestershire where they ran a train into a flask designed to
transport used uranium?

--
Alasdair.

Following today's accident this may not be shown on Sunday presumably
put back to a later date.

"allan tracy" <thunderbird57303@m> wrote in message
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>
> Following today's accident this may not be shown on Sunday presumably
> put back to a later date.
>

Unfortunately, if they have to wait until a week without any LC incidents on
the railway, it could be quite a long wait...

Paul

On Fri, 02 Feb 2007 18:43:31 +0000, Aaron B wrote:

> Altitude doesn't come into it.

He said 'attitude'.

--
Chris Game

"Everything that can be said can be said clearly."
-- Ludwig Wittgenstein