AA Train thread

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There doesn’t appear to be one. So lets kick off with a ‘Shoogle’ around Glasgow… :sunglasses: :sunglasses: :sunglasses:

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Here’s Rotterdam Centraal and a Thalys.

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And here’s the “emergency ladder” on a Pacer between Manchester and Bolton.

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What. Why the fcuk. Why? What?

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Would it be for exiting the train in an emergency if there’s no platform?

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Probably needed if the train derails and falls on its side, so only the upper windows are accessible for escaping. When one of our aircraft crashed last March the crew had a tough time getting out and a small ladder like this one would have helped. Top view:

903 crash

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Here’s the answer at 14:42 :sunglasses::+1:

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(should look like this :sob:)

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So your Cormorants don’t stay in the sky any better than your Sea Kings did?

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Brilliant AA thread
Start a thread about trains and a helicopter makes an appearance within 10 posts :grinning:

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Even better, within 11 posts someone comments on the fact that the thread has gone off topic.

By 15 posts there will be bans :rofl:

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We might as well get to this point now.

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We’re not going to get to 15 posts before bans, are we.

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That’s a great video; just found this!

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Guess the train

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Flying Scotsman? :thinking:

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Snowpiercer?

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In one :+1:

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I like trains, specifically the ones in other countires.

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I tried to get a picture of this on a run a few years ago… Won’t embarass myself posting it here though… Beautiful machine !:sunglasses::+1:

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Only ever seen the FS once,that was 5 years ago

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