Why do A Rab Nutters blow up trains,?

Question

When they could just use an adjustable spanner or two to remove the stretcher bars and let them crash at a set of points., like Cumbria.

Answer 1

The Cumbria crash was caused by the train crashing into John Prescotts Y fronts, everybody knows that.

Answer 2

Don't be racist.  Terrorists come of all races.  

Coz if they claim responsibility for track and equipment related problems in England, nobody would believe 'em.

This article here

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/63993...

would seem to suggest the British are a little resistant to innovation on the safety front.  There haven't been any really new, big discoveries in rail safety in the last 30 years, so one wonders what the hold-up is.

Answer 3

I suspect it is all this misplaced Jihad business and gettin a supposed front-row seat in heaven.

I really would like to know too what ails these geezers.

When all else fails spose we might try askin em..that is..if we can get close enough before they self-destruct...

Answer 4

Do they? I have not seen much evidence of this? They blow themselves up in any densely packed area rather than target a specific transport.

Also you could remove the stretcher bars on the rails, it still does not mean you are going to cause an accident. i have seen a few places where stretchers have come loose, joints have sprung, shoes have slipped and all it does is rattle the unit as it passes over.

Answer 5

because of similar reasons as to another question i have answered religion believe in what i believe in or i blow you up its a crock of horse **** and the terrorist bullies will never win they are the lowest of the low

Answer 6

Those bolts are harder to turn than you might think.

Answer 7

There is no suggestion that the accident in Cumbria was the result of terrorist action, it was apparently due to incompetent workmanship.

Answer 8

Terrorists use explosives on trains, because this meets their objective...Causing the most damage/death as possible, in the shortest amount of time and inflicting abject terror. Explosives instill much more fear than the prospect of a crash. Terrorists don't want survivors and a crash is more survivable than a bombing/mass bombing.

Answer 9

Creating a break in the rail would "knock the signals down" here in the US, meaning it would turn the signals governing that stretch of track "red" or stop.

Trains proceeding past a signal displaying a "stop" indication proceed at "restricted speed," which basically means a speed that will allow the engineer to stop the train within 1/2 the range of vision, short of anything.

If you are trying to pile up a train as a terrorist act, cutting the rail is a poor choice.  Unfortunately, they already know that.  The best attention getter where passenger (or freight) trains is concerned is a good ol' bomb.

Pay attention to your fellow travelers, and speak up if you see something out of the ordinary.  I would rather be thought a "nut" for being wrong about a report rather than live with the knowledge my inaction cost several lives, just as inaction did when it cost 32 lives at Virginia Tech yesterday.

God Bless.

Answer 10

Coz they ain't got no balloons?

Why don't you ask a sensible question, dullard?

Answer 11

Even if stretcher bars are removed (which you would need specialist equipment for, not an "adjustable spanner"), there is no guarantee that a train would derail before the points were next inspected.

In the case of the Cumbria incident (for which there is no evidence of terrorism), it is reasonable to assume that several trains passed over the points, before they became out of gauge (maybe due to vibration from trains).

Also, trains are now extremely safe in the event of an accident; only one person died in Cumbria (one is too many of course), and even then her advanced years may have been a contributary factor.

Now that you have asked a detailed question about terrorism, maybe the police will get your IP address from Yahoo!, and you'll get a knock on the door.