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Whale of a tale.
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 4:10 pm
by Gob
A metro train that overran the stop blocks at a station outside Rotterdam has been left balancing 10 metres above ground on the plastic tail of a whale sculpture.
The metro driver was reportedly able to free himself from the train without injury after the incident shortly after midnight on Monday morning. There were no passengers onboard.
Maarten Struijs, who made the sculpture of two tails emerging from water beneath the elevated metro line, said he was surprised the sculpture had held together.
Re: Whale of a tale.
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 5:57 pm
by wesw
the harpoon train?
Re: Whale of a tale.
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 11:43 pm
by ex-khobar Andy
It must have been the right whale.
Re: Whale of a tale.
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 11:57 pm
by Scooter
I'm trying to imagine how many safety measures were missing to allow a train to propel itself through the air.
Re: Whale of a tale.
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2020 12:11 am
by TPFKA@W
Was the engineer a frequenter of the bar car?
Re: Whale of a tale.
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2020 12:17 am
by Joe Guy
One man's art is another man's tracks.
Re: Whale of a tale.
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2020 2:41 pm
by wesw
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Re: Whale of a tale.
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2020 3:38 pm
by Big RR
I read somewhere that the sculpture was plastic and had been outside for years; I'm surprised it was strong enough to hold the train car. A pastc like that is worth a second look--it could be used to make a lot of things.
Re: Whale of a tale.
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2020 4:53 pm
by Long Run
Ironic that he did not get to the nether land.
Re: Whale of a tale.
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2020 5:04 pm
by ex-khobar Andy
Did he do it on porpoise?
No, it was a fluke.
Re: Whale of a tale.
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2020 1:55 am
by Sue U
ex-khobar Andy wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 5:04 pm
Did he do it on porpoise?
No, it was a fluke.
Re: Whale of a tale.
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2020 2:21 pm
by Long Run
A fin says the driver was impaired.
Re: Whale of a tale.
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2020 5:47 am
by Bicycle Bill
Same accident; couple of views from different perspectives....
Incidentally, the sculpture itself is made of a composite material — a form of plastic, in other words, not metal or concrete.
-"BB"-