Don't try this on your local rail line!
Joseph D. Korman
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Stephen Sprunk
> Six German railfans arrested for a do it yourself line car!
>
> http://www.policeoracle.com/news/6-DIY-Train-Buffs-Arrested_20957.html
Yes, that _does_ sound like "one of those mad pub ideas" :)
I'm curious what "public safety" charges are being brought, since it was
acknowledged by the authorities that there were no actual trains on the
line, therefore nobody's safety in danger.
IMHO, the most logical charges would be trespassing (they didn't have
permission to be there), theft of service (they didn't pay the track
access charge), operating an uncertified locomotive, and/or operating a
locomotive without a license (assuming none had one).
S
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Damon Hill
september.org:
> Joseph D. Korman wrote:
>> Six German railfans arrested for a do it yourself line car!
>>
>> http://www.policeoracle.com/news/6-DIY-Train-Buffs-Arrested_20957.html
>
> Yes, that _does_ sound like "one of those mad pub ideas" :)
>
> I'm curious what "public safety" charges are being brought, since it was
> acknowledged by the authorities that there were no actual trains on the
> line, therefore nobody's safety in danger.
>
> IMHO, the most logical charges would be trespassing (they didn't have
> permission to be there), theft of service (they didn't pay the track
> access charge), operating an uncertified locomotive, and/or operating a
> locomotive without a license (assuming none had one).
Wonder if they bothered to stop at highway crossings?
I've done the "speeder thing" with a friend over in eastern Washington
state, as part of a sanctioned and insured group activity. Since we
couldn't trigger gate signals with our isolated equipment, it was
necessary to blow horns and often come to a full stop at any crossing,
given that a lot of people just >won't< stop for a train until it's
physically in the crossing itself. And sometimes not even then...
In some countries--the really poor ones--these impromptu glorified
skates are a popular means of transportation, even when they conflict
with actual trains!
--Damon
Bolwerk
> Six German railfans arrested for a do it yourself line car!
>
> http://www.policeoracle.com/news/6-DIY-Train-Buffs-Arrested_20957.html
The only place in NYC you might survive that is on the G line!
HappyJack
wrote:
>Six German railfans arrested for a do it yourself line car!
>
>http://www.policeoracle.com/news/6-DIY-Train-Buffs-Arrested_20957.html
I've often thought about building a bicycle type mechanism that could "ride the
rails". I see it as a quasi-bike riding on one rail with a catamaran type device
with a wheel on the other rail.
Analysis&Solutions
>The only place in NYC you might survive that is on the G line!
Uh, you mean the line where a TA worker moving something like that got
killed in the not too distant past? :/
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>I've often thought about building a bicycle type mechanism that could
>"ride the rails".
I've seen photos of such.
Steven M. O'Neill
>In <vkk3i5pnf5daidvgu...@4ax.com> HappyJack <jo...@sbcglobal.net> writes:
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>>I've often thought about building a bicycle type mechanism that could
>>"ride the rails".
>
>I've seen photos of such.
http://images.google.com/images?q=rail%20bike
seems to do it.
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HappyJack
rail, a single rail would suffice due to the gyro force.
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HappyJack
$235 per wheel !
That's worse than Amtrak.
enough
> Not arrested, but they might have to pay a fine.
>
> The line is without traffic since 2005 or so.
>
Not safe to assume that a line that hasn't seen traffic will not see
traffic later on. There has been a few cases where
a rail line that hasn't been used in years having a train running on
it "out of the blue".
Graeme
HappyJack <jo...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
There's one in the Nairobi Railway Museum
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