Well it is when you have a slow old merc, should be ok to get out the way in the Beemer.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-46249122
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It says the train was only doing 8 mph - methinks someone wasn't concentrating much on his driving!!
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>> It says the train was only doing 8 mph - methinks someone wasn't concentrating much
>> on his driving!!
Merc driver you see.
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The merc is sitting at the opposite angle than I thought it would be after being hit by train.
Unless of course I don’t know the front from the back of a steam train.
Which to be fair, I dont!
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>> Unless of course I don’t know the front from the back of a steam train.
The engine - built in 1912 - had been travelling at 8mph to Weybourne to hook up with a dining car,
Which seems to suggest it was doing a shunt in reverse. The Merc driver probably saw the tender and assumed it was going in the other direction.
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So I’m not totally thick then??? ????
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If you are going to have a wrestling match with a train, probably best to be in a Mercedes-Benz.
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>> If you are going to have a wrestling match with a train, probably best to
>> be in a Mercedes-Benz.
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If you are going to take on a train you will lose, no matter what road vehicle you are in. A battle tank might protect you but I wouldn't try it, being rattled around inside it wouldn't do you much good.
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>> If you are going to take on a train you will lose, no matter what
>> road vehicle you are in. A battle tank might protect you but I wouldn't try
>> it, being rattled around inside it wouldn't do you much good.
That loco, combined with a full tender, will weigh in at about 65 tons.
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If you are going to take on a train you will lose, no matter what
>> road vehicle you are in. A battle tank might protect you but I wouldn't try
>> it, being rattled around inside it wouldn't do you much good.
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Didn't end too well for the tank in goldeneye.
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I couldn't resist looking this up in street view.
It's the level crossing that only goes to Sheringham golf club I think.
In which case the engine is facing Weybourne?
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The photo is taken from the main road side, the car is entering the Golf club.. The loco is facing away from Sheringham, towards Holt. Assuming the final angle indicated which direction the car was hit, it looks like the train was reversing towards Sheringham.
Last edited by: Zero on Sun 18 Nov 18 at 11:01
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>>The photo is taken from the main road side, the car is entering the Golf club.
>>... it looks like the train was reversing towards Sheringham.
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Remember to look right ? ( and left.....ops)
Too much concentration on getting to the 19th Hole ?
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>>... it looks like the train was reversing towards Sheringham.
>> Remember to look right ? ( and left.....ops)
>> Too much concentration on getting to the 19th Hole ?
Train drivers fault. He was reversing. Mercedes had right of way. Always give way to a Mercedes-Benz.
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I am surprised that no one has pointed out that the driver wasn't too chuffed.
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I don't think the driver was too chuffed.
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Most heritage lines have no way of turning the engines around, so the engine can be facing either way.
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That's one of those GLA Mercs isn't it? Quite like them I suppose. Too small for me, but I'd imagine it'd be a pleasant enough thing for those who don't need the space.
Sort of thing a retired gentleman should be driving rather than some Tommy Tryhard beemer...
;-)
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Had a look at the GLA.
Really not sure where it thinks it’s market is.
It’s a chunky A class but not tall enough to be an SUV.
Maybe a Merc version of the Jazz.
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>> Maybe a Merc version of the Jazz.
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Similar but I think the Jazz is more versatile, I would not want to drive around in a car car plastered in three legged swastikas.
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>> I would not want to drive around in a car car plastered in three legged swastikas.
Oh come now ON, I don't begin to believe for one moment that you'd give two hoots what the badge on your car was or care what it might "say".
After all, you've got a Jazz and used to have Kia so you clearly don't ( quite rightly in my opinion ) care what anyone else thinks about your choices provided they meet your requirements.
If a Mercedes best met your needs why on earth would you even think about the badge?
I don't give a stuff what anyone thinks or thought about any car I've had or got, if they've suited my needs at the time, and I'm happy with them, that's all I measure them by.
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>> Oh come now ON, I don't begin to believe for one moment that you'd give
>> two hoots what the badge on your car was or care what it might "say".
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>> After all, you've got a Jazz and used to have Kia so you clearly don't
>> ( quite rightly in my opinion ) care what anyone else thinks about your choices
>> provided they meet your requirements.
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You are correct Runfer, it is not so much that I don't care about badges, I know that no one else give a toss about what I or anyone else drives. Perceived status is all in the drivers mind.
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100% correct ON. It just takes a while for some to realise that, and some others, never do. For which, the marketeers at car companies are most grateful.
;-)
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>> I would not want to drive
>> around in a car car plastered in three legged swastikas.
Quite right Cpt Birdseye, the Art Deco interpretation of the aeroplane propellor is much classier.
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Indeed, can't argue with that, it does indeed define and identify a certain class of driver...not perhaps as much as an Audi badge would now, but close...
;-)
Last edited by: Runfer D'Hills on Sun 18 Nov 18 at 17:36
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I have no brand loyalaty I don’t think, though I thought that BMW would take the lead because they are good to drive, and that’s important to me. But a quick tally up of the last 20 years shows that my car has been an Audi 30% of the time, a BMW 30%, a Mercedes 30% and a Lexus 10%. And since Lexus is the Japanese Mercedes, the Merc has it ;)
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Alan Partridge asserted much the same about Lexus. ;-)
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He did indeed :)
Though I think, from memory, he drove a Rover 800. A car I confess that in its facelift guise, in nightfire red, I have a soft spot for!
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I might, possibly, ok I did, have one, in British Racing Green with beige velour seats no less !
Aha !
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>> I might, possibly, ok I did, have one, in British Racing Green with beige velour
>> seats no less !
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>> Aha !
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What ever happened to velour as car upholstery...?
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Some things are best remembered rather than revisited. ;-)
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RISKY TRAINSPOTTING - smokie
