A fast train in Australia? Unbelievable!

terryc

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Jan 22, 2013, 8:27:36 PM1/22/13

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That train reached up to 115km/hr with this female perched on top of it.

Sylvia Else

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Jan 22, 2013, 10:46:40 PM1/22/13

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On 23/01/2013 12:27 PM, terryc wrote:
> http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-23/woman-charged-after-outback-train-surfing/4480296
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> That train reached up to 115km/hr with this female perched on top of it.

"Detective Inspector Mick Stoltenberg says it was incredibly dangerous."

Really? Doesn't that rather depend on how she went about it? The obvious
dangers are being hit by something overhead, or falling off. She could
have checked that she was within the loading guage, and tethered herself
to make falling off impossible. Then she'd get a ride that is pointless
and uncomfortable, but not dangerous.

However, danger is not an element of the charge against her, and I don't
doubt she'll be convicted.

Sylvia.

Gettamulla Tupya

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Jan 23, 2013, 1:33:40 AM1/23/13

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On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:27:36 +1100, terryc <newsnine...@woa.com.au> wrote:

> http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-23/woman-charged-after-outback-train-surfing/4480296
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> That train reached up to 115km/hr with this female perched on top of it.

Funny thing is she wanted to go to Adelaide. The silly woman caught the wrong train.

Chris Diesel

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Jan 23, 2013, 1:54:44 AM1/23/13

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"Sylvia Else" <syl...@not.at.this.address> wrote in message
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It's and 8 to 10 hour run between Broken Hill and Parkes and some services
to a clear run the whole way and don't stop. So I hope see was prepared for
that? If she had fallen off, there's a good chance see won't be seen laying
next to the track by following trains and if the fall didn't kill her, there
a good chance she would have died from exposure before being found. A very
silly thing to do. But it seems to be catching on lately, as last week, two
girls with the luggage were found on a Melbourne bound freighter at Harden.
I'm told their location on the freight wagon wasn't all that sensible
either. But anyone catching a ride on a container train can't be all that
bright either!

Sylvia Else

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Jan 23, 2013, 3:15:56 AM1/23/13

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Think of it as evolution in action. [*]

Sylvia

[*] From "Oath of Fealty", but Niven and Pournelle.

Chris Diesel

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Jan 23, 2013, 5:28:30 PM1/23/13

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> http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-23/woman-charged-after-outback-train-surfing/4480296
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> That train reached up to 115km/hr with this female perched on top of it.

There's been another one this week. Drivers of PS6 reported a stowaway
riding on there train consist. The stowaway was sighted by drivers of train
NP3 whilst doing a roll-by inspection at Ivanhoe. Train PS6 pulled up at
Ivanhoe. A male with bleached blonde hair, shoulder bag and blue jumper
jumped from PS6, ran under train NP3 and headed off towards Ivanhoe town.