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[tunnie]

On Friday I awoke to see all trains on the Paddington main line stopped, there was one on the inside stopper line stopped, not near a signal, and another in the express tracks also stopped.

Thought it was odd, then heard the sirens and spotted a body on the tracks 

I am on the 5th floor of 6 in my building, so gave a clear view. Too clear in fact   

Air-ambulance was called and it circled a few times, incredibly close to my flat, I wondered where it would land, it actually made a siren noise to alert traffic below on several attempts it tried to put down, but cars where still driving underneath, refusing to stop   

Bloody morons, only when plod arrived and secured the road did it  land, which the pilot did mostly looking out of the door 



Impressive bit of landing, once down, the space around the blades to lamp posts / lights was quite close.

Sadly it was not needed in the end 

I was so close I could see them going through her purse, but what makes it worse is there was no mention on any of the news channels, or even local London bulletins 

Sky had those students trashing London on their news all day, but this was never even mentioned 

[albitz]

Sadly, it happens too often to be considered newsworthy.

[Dishevelled Den]

What a sad story T but news editors have a habit of hunting much larger game. (In the guise of ratings)

Great photograph by the way. 8-)

[tunnie]

What a sad story T but news editors have a habit of hunting much larger game. (In the guise of ratings)

Great photograph by the way. 8-)

Cheers, when I get hope i can upload some more, as I got the SLR out, managed to get very close to pilots.

I did get some of the removal process from the tracks, but i don't think i should post those

[Dishevelled Den]

What a sad story T but news editors have a habit of hunting much larger game. (In the guise of ratings)

Great photograph by the way. 8-)

Cheers, when I get hope i can upload some more, as I got the SLR out, managed to get very close to pilots.

I did get some of the removal process from the tracks, but i don't think i should post those

I'll look forward to seeing the suitable ones.

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Yes great picture Tunnie

"body on the line" seems to be a regular occurance nowadays, and it is so sad as I doubt it was an accident

[Jusme]

Good shot T. Must have been bright there, see you managed a real fast shutter speed.. 

[tunnie]

Yes great picture Tunnie

"body on the line" seems to be a regular occurance nowadays, and it is so sad as I doubt it was an accident

Impossible i think, it was on the Reading-bound side, so she either crossed the track to get to it, or jumped off the bridge.

Not sure it was related, but an old Deltic Loco turned up during the investigation 

Thought it might have been called to Tow the HST which hit the poor women. It came to Acton, but then reversed direction and went off towards Marylebone  :-/

See what you mean about the sound, he also did not spare the horses, it was quick off the mark. Picture to follow...

[Pitchfork]

............. or maybe she was a Spy & pushed from a moving train by the secret service who then put a news embargo on the story.........

[tunnie]

Good shot T. Must have been bright there, see you managed a real fast shutter speed.. 

Nikon D80 SLR, i had the 70-300mm Lens on

[skyblue]

Coming back from Norwich a few seasons ago and there where reports of two of these incidents in one journey.....sent a very cold chile down the back

[TheBoy]

I don't think a day goes by when somebody doesn't intentionally or accidentally lose a fight with a train.  Only ever get coverage on slow news days.


The chopper would not have been allowed to hand on the highway until the police have closed it, no different to RTAs.

Impressive he got that down - we have regular air ambulance in the field out the back (amateur rugby is a bit more intense than the gay boys on the telly) - and seen them need a couple of attempts to get down on a rugby pitch if there is a decent breeze...

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Yes great picture Tunnie

"body on the line" seems to be a regular occurance nowadays, and it is so sad as I doubt it was an accident

Impossible i think, it was on the Reading-bound side, so she either crossed the track to get to it, or jumped off the bridge.

Not sure it was related, but an old Deltic Loco turned up during the investigation 

Thought it might have been called to Tow the HST which hit the poor women. It came to Acton, but then reversed direction and went off towards Marylebone  :-/

See what you mean about the sound, he also did not spare the horses, it was quick off the mark. Picture to follow...

If it wasn't such a sad affair Tunnie I'd normally say what a stroke of luck seeing, and of course hearing, such a locomotive   That sound does stick in the memory! 8-) 8-) 8-)

I wonder what it was doing in those parts?  Did you catch any name or number for it Tunnie?

[Auto Addict]

Mate of mine was diagnosed with terminal cancer, went straight from the hospital to the station and stepped off the platform infront of the the first express that past through.

Terrible for both of them, but must be worst for the driver.

[tunnie]

Yes great picture Tunnie

"body on the line" seems to be a regular occurance nowadays, and it is so sad as I doubt it was an accident

Impossible i think, it was on the Reading-bound side, so she either crossed the track to get to it, or jumped off the bridge.

Not sure it was related, but an old Deltic Loco turned up during the investigation 

Thought it might have been called to Tow the HST which hit the poor women. It came to Acton, but then reversed direction and went off towards Marylebone  :-/

See what you mean about the sound, he also did not spare the horses, it was quick off the mark. Picture to follow...

If it wasn't such a sad affair Tunnie I'd normally say what a stroke of luck seeing, and of course hearing, such a locomotive   That sound does stick in the memory! 8-) 8-) 8-)

I wonder what it was doing in those parts?  Did you catch any name or number for it Tunnie?

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