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Post by jamesb on Mar 15, 2007 19:37:06 GMT
"DISTRICT LINE: Severe delays between Barking and Upminster due to a dog on the track at Upney.
Message received 6:53pm"
Does it happen very often? I can imagine some poor people chasing a dog up the tracks in the dark... Have any other animals ever found there way onto the tracks, causing delays to the service?
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Post by District Dave on Mar 15, 2007 19:45:09 GMT
There was an incident a while back where a dog was on the tracks between Bow Road and Mile End.
At first it was thought that the dog was a labrador or something similar, and it was originally hoped that the station supervisor from Mile End would be able to recover the animal. However, it soon became apparent that it was a Pit Bull, or something similar.
The RSPCA attended and eventually the dog was subdued (I have no idea how).
The RSPCA were of the opinion that the dog (which was in poor condition and extremely damaged following fighting) had been deliberately been thrown onto the railway as it was too injured to be able to 'pay for its keep'. I presume the dog had to be destroyed.
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Post by westbound on Mar 15, 2007 20:47:03 GMT
I remember being told by a work colleague how she had taken her two dogs for a walk on green space next to electrified lines. Unfortunately the fence had been vandalised and the dogs managed to get onto the tracks. One of the animals got a slight shock from the live rail and, as dogs will, got its revenge by biting the aggressor. There was a puff of smoke and one dead canine. Tragically, there was an action replay with the other and the woman returned home with two vacant leads.
The story of the Pit Bull being thrown onto the lines as being "redundant" is heartless indeed and tragic.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2007 21:47:06 GMT
Indeed it is heartless... Some kids in Kent tethered a small dog to the tracks for a laugh... luckily the driver spotted the animal thrashing about, and stopped, took it to the safety of his cab and handed it over to the care of station staff when he stopped at a station... Poor animal was frightened, so a member of staff nursed it until the owner was found... They never found out who did it, but I'd like to do the same to them...
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Post by Phil on Mar 15, 2007 22:39:31 GMT
The sobering thing is that almost all animal-abusers go on to violence on humans in one way or another, whether kids, partners, random attacks or whatever..........
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2007 23:41:18 GMT
Said dog tonight commenced his escapade at Barking, and continued, as we recieved regular updates from control, through Upney and Becontree before "alighting" at Dagenham Heathway.
Some noteable distance.
In consequence casuing the third consecutive days shutdown from Barking to Upminster.
The DMT (Duty Manager Trains) in hot persuit was apparantly bitten twice and had to be taken to hospital !!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2007 2:17:53 GMT
A dog? Barking? Did it have a Rover ticket?
Think I'll be going now...
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Post by trainopd78 on Mar 17, 2007 6:27:52 GMT
I didn't realise the DMT had got bitten.
You would also laugh if I told you his name as it was most apt. You District bods will know who I mean.
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Post by Oracle on Mar 17, 2007 8:12:32 GMT
Note the dog got on at Barking!
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Post by Tubeboy on Mar 17, 2007 9:47:02 GMT
I didn't realise the DMT had got bitten. You would also laugh if I told you his name as it was most apt. You District bods will know who I mean. Lucky? |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2007 10:02:20 GMT
I didn't realise the DMT had got bitten. You would also laugh if I told you his name as it was most apt. You District bods will know who I mean. Lucky? No, his surname sounds like a breed of dog! |
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Post by stanmorek on Mar 17, 2007 13:32:41 GMT
I was signing in at Dagenham East on nightshift and the station supervisor warned me about horses on the track. I thought he was a joking but he wasn't...
They would sometimes manage to wander onto the line from an adjacent field.
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