How not to do it in German

[Gandalf]

Anyone else see this news item
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German passenger train was brought to a shuddering halt when a football flew from a nearby pitch and hit a brake pipe, triggering an automatic braking system, police said on Tuesday.


"The ball hit the brake pipe between the locomotive and the first carriage and undid it, leading to a loss of pressure," said a police spokesman in the western city of Muenster. "This caused the train to brake automatically."


A local youth team were playing football at the time on a pitch near the railway line in Emsdetten, near Muenster. No one has claimed the shot that stopped the train, the spokesman said.


The driver managed to re-attach the pipe and the train was delayed by only eight minutes, he added

John

[Shed Cat]

Not surprised their football teams are good at winning on penalty shootouts.....

[pavorossi]

An eight minute delay doesn't seem that bad. I can remember an occasion a couple of years back when I was going from Heywood to Bury behind the Duke of Gloucester. About five minutes after leaving the station the train came to a halt, according to the gaurd a section of brake pipe had come away. The train sat there for about an hour and a half before we were rescued by D5054. Still, perhaps the Germans should protect there brake pipes better. Do they use air or vacuum brakes?

Adam

[GWR9600]

Originally Posted by Gandalf

Anyone else see this news item
BERLIN (Reuters) - A German passenger train was brought to a shuddering halt when a football flew from a nearby pitch and hit a brake pipe, triggering an automatic braking system, police said on Tuesday.


"The ball hit the brake pipe between the locomotive and the first carriage and undid it, leading to a loss of pressure," said a police spokesman in the western city of Muenster. "This caused the train to brake automatically."


A local youth team were playing football at the time on a pitch near the railway line in Emsdetten, near Muenster. No one has claimed the shot that stopped the train, the spokesman said.

The driver managed to re-attach the pipe and the train was delayed by only eight minutes, he added

John

This story sounds rather comical but I wouldnt think taht anyone on the train would have thought so.

[Trev]

Had it been in the UK and a cricket ball, then Duncan Fletcher would have had the person responsible on the first flight to Perth for the 3rd test.

[locojoe]

Perhaps the footballers were having a brake in training.
Alan Locojoe