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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2006 12:21:13 GMT
When I was a lad, I used to travel daily on the central from Ongar to Buckhurst Hill. During the hot summer of '76 there was a story run in the evening standard with the headline "Tube driver attacked by plucky rabbit at Blake hall Station". According to the story, the rabbit jumped into the open cab door whilst the train was stopped at Blake hall and attacked the driver.
Does anyone know if this story was true or was it just another case of the Evening Standard not letting the truth get in the way of a good story? Perhaps just an urban myth in th making?
Is vermin attack common on the underground?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2006 12:30:09 GMT
I think I've heard of this somewhere before. If I remember I'll put the link to it.
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Post by Tomcakes on Mar 8, 2006 18:12:29 GMT
It's mentioned, IIRC, in the book Mind The Doors
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2006 18:56:50 GMT
It's mentioned, IIRC, in the book Mind The DoorsIndeed, it is. [can't remember which page though] |
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Post by CSLR on Mar 8, 2006 19:08:51 GMT
I remember hearing about an old steam locomotive driver who carried a shotgun on the footplate to take pot-shots at rabbits.
Maybe this bunny did not know much about trains and decided to take action before it was too late.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2006 20:12:19 GMT
Was once told a wonderful story about a certain crew of steam freight trains that used to run on the Oxford - Cambridge line. There was a farm near Sandy, and the woman on the farm knew away to get a free supply of coal. There was a crossing, [just gates] and the woman used to put milk bottles on the gate posts, knowing full well that engine crews would try to knock them off with a lump or two of coal.
Then theres the story of a signalman/poacher, whose signalbox straddled a river [can't remember where exactly] but I bet the signalman was popular with his wife! ["Whats for tea, love? Ah, the usual..."]
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2006 20:59:21 GMT
That reminds me - on a totally unrelated note, the an essential part of the signalman at Trowse Bridge's job was the ability to row a boat! On the back shift at christmas eve, when the bridge was left open to sea traffic, you had to row back to the shore, as the controls for the bridge were in the middle of the river!
Sam
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