I have been taken to task, in the comments section, about my comments regarding the death of Harry Drain. According to the Daily Mail article,that I commented on, he was killed by a train, which hit him, while he was jogging.
The commenter says that he was on public land and not trespassing on railway land. So how did he and the train collide???.
Trains run on rails, which are on railway land. There is normally a strip of land along side the rails, which allows access for staff to get to signal boxes,do points work or whatever. All of this land is railway property.
You can quite often see a beaten path,should you look out of a train window.
It is idiotic to be anywhere near to railway lines, as trains do such high speeds these days. Wearing headphones does not allow a person to hear an approaching train. Some goods trains have overhanging loads.
I believe that this unfortunate kid had been running along a beaten, path beside the lines, prior to the fatality.. I have no proof, as I, nor the commenter, nor the reporter from the Mail, were there. This is merely my belief.
For some reason he left the path, he would not hear the train coming due to the head phones. BUT for the train to hit him, he must have been either entering the rail space, on it or just leaving it. That 4 foot 8 inch strip upon which the trains run is definitely NOT public land.
I suggested to a past commenter that a charity should be set up in the name of Harry Drain, to bring to the attention of people, that they should not go near the railway lines, for any reason. It would appear that something has been done along those lines.
Let me know the name of the fund or charity and I will publish it, giving details of where and how to donate.
The commenter says that he was on public land and not trespassing on railway land. So how did he and the train collide???.
Trains run on rails, which are on railway land. There is normally a strip of land along side the rails, which allows access for staff to get to signal boxes,do points work or whatever. All of this land is railway property.
You can quite often see a beaten path,should you look out of a train window.
It is idiotic to be anywhere near to railway lines, as trains do such high speeds these days. Wearing headphones does not allow a person to hear an approaching train. Some goods trains have overhanging loads.
I believe that this unfortunate kid had been running along a beaten, path beside the lines, prior to the fatality.. I have no proof, as I, nor the commenter, nor the reporter from the Mail, were there. This is merely my belief.
For some reason he left the path, he would not hear the train coming due to the head phones. BUT for the train to hit him, he must have been either entering the rail space, on it or just leaving it. That 4 foot 8 inch strip upon which the trains run is definitely NOT public land.
I suggested to a past commenter that a charity should be set up in the name of Harry Drain, to bring to the attention of people, that they should not go near the railway lines, for any reason. It would appear that something has been done along those lines.
Let me know the name of the fund or charity and I will publish it, giving details of where and how to donate.
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