Anybody have a bad train story?

Question

I am stuck in Tucson Arizona train station in the middle of the night and the train is running 4 hours behind. I want to know if anyone can tell me if they have a worse complaint

Answer 1

I live in Britain and frequently use the trains but operational standards are poor and they often get delayed, cancelled etc. Many trains only have 2 or 3 carriages so that at peak times they get overcrowded. All this for fares that are the most expensive in Europe.

My worst train experience of late has been a journey of 30 miles that took around 5 hours - an average speed of 6mph!. The reason being that there is no direct route between the 2 points and making the trip often means 2 changes using local services that seem to put punctuality on the back burner. On this occasion the cause was a succession of delays, missed connections and one train being diverted because its normal route was blocked by another one that had failed.

Oh, yes, and getting on a train for which the platform digital display announced one route, then when the train started realising that it was going on a different one...

Answer 2

i never had thanx

Answer 3

I have so many bad train storys i could write a book! Sit and wait is a way of life for a railroader.

Rango is that S.O.P. for you there if you have a grade crossing accident?A blood test seems a bit harsh for something that's not your fault!

Answer 4

I been railroading 35 years, waiting around 4 hours isnt fun but it's nothing.

Try waiting around 4 hours for the coroner to show up after a fool pulled out in front of you.

And then going to the hospital to have blood and urine taken before they send you home.

For Andy: Oops, you're right, the blood was after a derailment, I get my fun events confused sometimes.

I'm gonna add a lighter story: one day last summer, it was blazingly hot, no A.C of course, and apparently we were sitting next to some sort of wasp nest because every time my partner or I tried to open a window about a dozen of the bastids flew in. We sat there 3 1/2 hours and I felt like I was a bag of popcorn in a microwave.