Graceland

the driver of my train got a message saying that the driver of the train coming from manchester airport thought he had hit someone/something (spookily at the same time (4:20am) and within half a mile of mine which i had 2 weeks before crimbo) this morning, my driver was asked to inspect the line as we were the first train back over the route - but no-one told me what was going on - went past it, saw the body in the 4 foot and tried ringing the driver on the cab-cab fone - but got no answer - which annoyed me a fair wack. - no-one told me that the line was going to be inspected so it was right out of the blue - thought my mind was playing tricks on me, untill i asked when we got to preston then found out the above

reason i thought my mind was playing tricks on me was the fact that we passed it about 40mph and the light wasn't overly brilliant - and i flicked the headlight on at the back to see what it was as i thought i could see clothes and shoes

what the spooky thing is, same route, same time (for the train that hit) and same place on the line within half mile on the same side of the line (down main)

someone up there really doesn't like me on early morning blackpool runs


knew it was going to be a bad morning when i saw 2 black cats walk infront of me this morning

mattbibs

shit! makes me feel sick just thinking about stuff like that!

Stu @ M Developments

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Sorry to read this again Pal

TheBishMan

WTF once is bad enough...thought of a change of career?

Graceland

i love my career - i'm going driving as soon as a vacancy arises - then i can see what the train hits

i'm not upset about this one tho - just annoyed that i wasnt informed of the line inspection - i could of made myself busy in the train so i didnt have to look at it

Daveyboy

bad news dude! cant be nice seeing that as often as you have

slowpoke

graceland what are you a gaurd ?

bad news matey i once watched someone commit suicide right in manchester city centre

not nice

matt

Graceland

i am a guard yes m8 - fookin nite shifts this week aswell

i absolutely love my job - i can safely say that i would never leave no matter what happened - its the sort of job that i could happily do 7 days a week

cossieracer

just wondering??? why are you not upset about this one? is there a difference?

vroooom ptssssh

Nae good mate cant be a nice thing at all, these ppl who commit suicide are fooking selfish in a way, wish they' d jus go get help!

Graceland

the differance is if someone takes their own life then its their problem

i would be upset if it was somoeone taking a shortcut and crossing the line - thats a differant game, but if you hit someone who lays on the line with all intents and purpose of death then it puts a differant angle on it

everyone deals with it differantly aswell remember.

cossieracer

point taken, never thought of it that way! I take my hat off to you, I dont think I could do you job

Ian2wdsaffcos

This is the only reservation I have about working on the trains as you suggested Paul

AlexF

so sorry matey

Graceland

ian - don't worry about it m8 - thats why trains have guards - they can go back and look at the mess while the drivers gets on the emergency radio

and alex - ya tart

Ian2wdsaffcos

LOL yeah but the driver's get to see the action as it happens

How often does it happen BTW? I know theres no sort of routine for suicides but on average how many would a driver/guard see?

Graceland

you'd be surprised how little the drivers see when it happens

theres drivers who have been at manchester 20 years and havn't had one - some with some guards

its luck of the draw, but suicides are seasonal - exam time and christmas time. - guess i'm just unlucky


there was a nasty one yesterday at lancaster on the west coast main line - a virgin train doing 110mph hit someone, and at that speed, people explode - there was a triangle of shit, guts, mess, blood and body for 800 yards from the point of impact to the point of stopping the train - nice and messy - thats when someone jumps infront of the train, if someone lays on the line - no mess, jsut a nice few choice cuts

Ian2wdsaffcos

Not too bad then, thought it'd b like a couple a month or something!


Eeeesh!!!

dangerous - reyland

I know a lot of people see suicide as a selfish act but my view is that when someone gets to the stage of actually doing it they have decided everybody is better off without them.

My ex girlfriend did it in October after we had finished 4 weeks previously and left 2 young kids. She was only 35 !
Thankfully she left me for someone else and we hadn`t been together too long
Its still a shock though

Stu @ M Developments

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Fooks sake... what a wounder
No mwonder your struggling to give up smoking!!

dangerous - reyland

Quite upset at the time Obviously

But as said relationship went messy - big bust up- another bloke- then he blew her out.
had been many previous problems in her short life

Top racer girl though Drove an Audi S4 rag top with performance kit and DID put it through its paces

capri_neil

unlucky paul, all this bad luck in such a sort time!!

something good is around the corner for you im sure mate!

Graceland

a lottery win?

JamesH

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The Sludge

grace dude dunnio how you put up with it tbh