train ride

"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69) 04/12/2019 at 07:30 • Filed to: youtube, iPhone SE 16GB, ballarat, Wendouree, V-line

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station to station in my home town, filmed on my iPhone afterwork tonight 

TheRealBicycleBuck > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/12/2019 at 07:55

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Fun!

MarquetteLa > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/12/2019 at 08:57

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someassemblyrequired > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/12/2019 at 09:06

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No koalas, kangaroos, wombats, or BMX Bandits. 0/10 :D

JK, that’s neat to see.  Weird train horn, maybe it’s just muffled, but U.S. train horns are LOUD.

pip bip - choose Corrour > someassemblyrequired 04/12/2019 at 09:12

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some nights i can hear the train horn here at home, i’m 2km from the station

yet when i’m at work some days i don’t notice the train horn, and the station is next door to us

fintail > someassemblyrequired 04/12/2019 at 09:26

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Starred just for BMX Bandits

Cé hé sin > someassemblyrequired 04/12/2019 at 09:38

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Sounds the same as horns here. I think American trains are very loud because people there are prone to taking on trains at level crossings. That never ends well.

Cé hé sin > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/12/2019 at 09:40

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That’s a DMU isn't it? You can hear a gearchange early on.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Cé hé sin 04/12/2019 at 09:50

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yes.

3 car by Bombardier V/locity train. turns into a 6 car train at Ballarat station

someassemblyrequired > fintail 04/12/2019 at 14:16

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Starred because you knew what I was referring to...

someassemblyrequired > Cé hé sin 04/12/2019 at 14:23

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And yet, sadly they still try. I like the DART crossings in Dublin which block both lanes :

Most US crossings only block the “correct” lane, meaning you can drive around the gates. Which people do, with predictable results.

someassemblyrequired > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/12/2019 at 14:28

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https://y.yarn.co/a8aaf87f-fe8a-4e58-9697-bc09b49b5d87.mp4?1555093600757

“How often does the train go by?”

“So often you won’t even notice it.”

Cé hé sin > someassemblyrequired 04/12/2019 at 16:13

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There are two schools of thought about level crossing barriers and sadly no definitive answer.

Use full width barriers and people can’t dodge around them. Equally if you get stuck on the crossing and the barriers come down you’ve got problems.

Use half barriers and people can dodge around them. Equally if you get stuck on the crossing and the barriers come down you can escape (if you resolve whatever made you stop there in the first place).

Ideally you avoid level crossings but this is impractical in a built up area and very expensive a nywhere else.