Empty Blue Train derailed at Union station

[ForceFate]

Look at the state of Africa and ask that question again...

Perhaps you should read his post first.

 

[Supervan II]

Well this is a bit of a mess

I'd call this a right royal ****up.

 

[Ferog]

Meanwhile in Cape Town, somebody thought it was a good idea to send out electric busses during loadshedding
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Do busses charge in the road?

 

[SauRoNZA]

Meanwhile in Cape Town, somebody thought it was a good idea to send out electric busses during loadshedding
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That are charged privately, with self generated capacity?

I don’t see the objection.

 

[SauRoNZA]

If there were even any tracks.

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They are both to the left and the right of your picture.

 

[Grant]

That are charged privately, with self generated capacity?

I don’t see the objection.

Except that particular one was being towed by a diesel truck.

 

[SauRoNZA]

Except that particular one was being towed by a diesel truck.

LOL!

 

[Supervan II]

Not the first time that something like this has happened, and will certainly not be the last:

21 Apr 2010

Runaway train: Warning screams futile​

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Pretoria - The traumatised train manager of the Rovos Rail which derailed just outside Pretoria said on Wednesday he screamed at others to jump - but his warnings came too late.

"I screamed at the others (the passengers and crew) to tell them to jump off," Joe Mathala said of the train which sped out of control for about 10km from the Centurion station in the direction of Pretoria.

"I jumped off while it was moving."

Rovos Rail owner Rohan Vos said the train stopped in Centurion where tourists were allowed to look at the steam locomotive which would take them to the Capital Park station.

Source

ETA: Perhaps herein lies the clue? Insufficient number of carriages had their brakes applied and the total mass of the carriages exceeded the holding capacity of the applied brakes.

Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) confirmed to Citizen that it was investigating the cause after 19 empty coaches of one of the Blue Trains derailed at the Union Station in Germiston, just after midnight on Sunday.

The Rovos Rail incident: Nobody was able to stop the 19 carriages. "Three of the carriages' hand-brakes were pulled up, but that wasn't enough," Vos said.

 

[Grant]

LOL!

Unfortunately the truck and bus were already passing when I realised just what was going on - and only managed to get a pic of the tail end of the malarkey.

 

[daveza]

The level of journalism at IOL

Revised Blue Train schedule released, as investigation into derailment continues

Transnet said a revised train schedule had been communicated to customers and the tourism market at large, following the derailment of one of its luxury Blue Trains at the weekend.

www.iol.co.za

 

[dualmeister]

The level of journalism at IOL

Revised Blue Train schedule released, as investigation into derailment continues

Transnet said a revised train schedule had been communicated to customers and the tourism market at large, following the derailment of one of its luxury Blue Trains at the weekend.

www.iol.co.za

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Holy hell.
Did the pass mark drop from 30% to 5%

 

[Flanders]

The level of journalism at IOL

Revised Blue Train schedule released, as investigation into derailment continues

Transnet said a revised train schedule had been communicated to customers and the tourism market at large, following the derailment of one of its luxury Blue Trains at the weekend.

www.iol.co.za

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HAHAHA

Good old IOL. Morons.

 

[neoprema]

Remember the African way is to pillage and steal and "me first" throughout all levels of their society and culture. The Blue Train can't have a place in that society. I wouldn't be surprised if they never actually fix it and return it to service. Just say they need the money for it and siphon it out.

 

[dualmeister]

The level of journalism at IOL

Revised Blue Train schedule released, as investigation into derailment continues

Transnet said a revised train schedule had been communicated to customers and the tourism market at large, following the derailment of one of its luxury Blue Trains at the weekend.

www.iol.co.za

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PS, that is the only Blue Train that I can afford

 

[daveza]

PS, that is the only Blue Train that I can afford

I have to wait till pensioners day.

 

[Grant]

No revised ticket prices?
Going to be a whole lot of fun watching passengers taking a shower

 

[Grant]

Stay tuned for a 10 part series presented by iqbal surve wherein he will explain this is the real blue train, and the other is merely a figment of our collective fertile imagination.

 

[wbot]

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Lmao what the hell

A blue train is now THE Blue Train

 

[Cosmik Debris]

Africa has all those things. And derailments are not unique to the continent. What are you on about?

Ever travelled on a long distance train in a first world country? The rails and infrastructure as well as the trains are perfectly maintained...

 

[ToxicBunny]

The level of journalism at IOL

Revised Blue Train schedule released, as investigation into derailment continues

Transnet said a revised train schedule had been communicated to customers and the tourism market at large, following the derailment of one of its luxury Blue Trains at the weekend.

www.iol.co.za

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IOL always manages to impress these days....